Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac In the Fall of 1916

In the Fall of 1916

) was awarded the Military Medal "for bravery in the field"

the badge is surmounted by an oval green laurel wreath

Application for the Award of the Canadian Forces' Decoration (dated February 8

enamel chipping on the shield

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac In the Fall of 1916(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 German national eagle clutching a cogwheel defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by a silvered inscription of GAUSIEGER and flanked by a date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a