Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Buy Now The note is stamped “PROOV”

The note is stamped “PROOV” in red and crossed with a large red “X”

on blue Kriegsmarine cloth backing (slightly damaged)

with ribbed fans adorning the exterior of each arm and Romanov imperial eagles joining the quadrant

marked "REICHSVERBAND PFORZHEIM 37" on the reverse

After serving thirty-three months in France

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Buy Now The note is stamped “PROOV”(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