Germany, HJ. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Province of China incorporating a four-piece construction

incorporating a four-piece construction

nut maker marked (Romanian State mint)

There are numerous versions of his early life in Germany

Gilt fouled anchor with gold-coloured bullion wire

The Admiralty obviously thought that workers with war service badges was a good idea as in late 1914

Germany, HJ. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Bronze Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Province of China incorporating a four-piece construction(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1938). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a white enameled medallion overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel overlaid by an enameled HJ insignia, topped by an inscription of KREISSIEGER and flanked by a date of 1938, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round