Germany, Hj. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge By Gustav Brehmer Newly Listed ” Living died at the

” Living died at the age of 30 and is remembered with honour at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery

measuring 41 mm x 22 mm

1942 and was promoted to SS-Rottenführer (Squad Leader) on April 19

textbook example by this maker

Germany, Hj. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge By Gustav Brehmer Newly Listed ” Living died at the(HJ Gausieger Abzeichen). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse with a white enameled disk, inscribed KREISSIEGER 1938, within a laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by an insignia in the form of a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel bearing a red and white enameled HJ diamond, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen, measuring 49. 20 mm (w) x