Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Regional Victor’s Badge, by Gustav Brehmer United Republic of demonstrating total loss of gilt

demonstrating total loss of gilt finish throughout

with a long strap housing a metal length adjustment buckle fed horizontally through the vertical strap

maker marked on the reverse but mostly illegible due to slight bubbling in the paint

a third banner bearing the crescent moon and star of the Ottoman Empire above the date "1914" in the centre

(Verdienst-Medaillen)

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Regional Victor’s Badge, by Gustav Brehmer United Republic of demonstrating total loss of gilt(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