Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Example, by Gustav Brehmer Auction the reverse with a barrel

the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting an integral catch

(""Louis the Great instituted it in 1693"")

unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of an early and high-quality variation produced by an unidentified manufacturer as described in Mark E

having worked as a carpenter

measuring 18 mm (w) x 28 mm (h)

Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Example, by Gustav Brehmer Auction the reverse with a barrel(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1938). Constructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel wreath surrounding a white enameled disc, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER (DISTRICT VICTOR) and flanked by a date of 1938, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker