Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic in addition to a red

in addition to a red stamping below the right eyepiece and a white stamping between the eyepieces that are only partially legible

the reverse with an integrated strap with a reinforced buttonhole meeting an analogous buttonhole on the obverse

overlaid by a Tiwaz rune

the other from Topcliffe)

he became a Platoon Leader in the SS-Pioniersturmbann in Dresden

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic in addition to a red(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). Constructed of silvered tombak with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a white enameled disc, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, the eagle circumscribed by an inscription of GAUSIEGER (REGIONAL VICTOR) and a date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical