Germany, Hj. A Cased 1944 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude printed in black with the

printed in black with the handwritten entries in black ink

with few minor marks

then declared a "Deserter" at the Army Combat Training Centre in South Africa the same day

measures 30 mm (w) x 29 mm (h)

all superimposed on top of black wool base

Germany, Hj. A Cased 1944 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude printed in black with the(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). Constructed of feinkzink with enames, the obverse consisting of a white enameled disk with a raised inscription of GAUSIEGER 1944 (REGIONAL WINNER 1939), within a laurel wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cog wheel, in turn bearing a HJ insignia in the form of a red and white enameled diamond with a central black mobile swastika, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback