Germany, Hj. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Buy Now with a red horizontal border

with a red horizontal border on the top and bottom edges

the reverse bearing a central wreathed inscription of “TREUE FÜR FÜHRER UND VOLK” (“LOYALTY FOR FÜHRER AND PEOPLE”)

Instituted 25 November 1942

After his recovery he took command of the SS Sapper Training and Reserve Battalion in Dresden

the bombing of German military airfields and later the strategic bombing of German industrial and transport facilities

Germany, Hj. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Buy Now with a red horizontal border(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1938). Constructed of silvered tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a white enameled disc set within a circular laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel topped by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of GAUSIEGER 1938, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked G.