Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Auction Archive the top of the medal

the top of the medal bears an eagle with outstretched wings

This particular type of badges with barrel hinge and oblong plate are found on badges produced by the two makers of Third Reich badges – Juncker and Steinhauer & Lück

notably the first non-German recipient of the award

1906 in Essex

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Auction Archive the top of the medal(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). 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 silvered German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn bearing an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of GAUSIEGER 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker