Germany, Hj. A 1938 Regional Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude including a Pioniere EM’s strap

including a Pioniere EM’s strap

with standard buckram backing

Instituted 19 March 1885 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III

the clasp ensures that the cap sits flush with the body of the case

total of 955 had been awarded

Germany, Hj. A 1938 Regional Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude including a Pioniere EM’s strap(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). Constructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, around a white enameled disc bearing an inscription of KREISSIEGER 1938 (REGIONAL VICTOR 1938), overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, the latter bearing an enameled HJ insignia, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker