Germany, HJ. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Gold Grade in Case, By Gustav Brehmer Buy Now all hand worked silver bullion

all hand worked silver bullion wire with lettering "VIRTUS NOBILI TAT" on the blue satin centrepiece

Casualties on both sides were heavy

7 mm ribbed black rayon strips on the top and bottom edges

the personalized inscriptions in handwritten black ink

Germany, HJ. A 1938 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Gold Grade in Case, By Gustav Brehmer Buy Now all hand worked silver bullion(Ehrenzeichen Reichssieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1938). A superb example of the highly desirable gold grade, gilded bronze and enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a central white enameled disc, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, circumscribed by an inscription of REICHSSIEGER 1938, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked G.