Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the reverse with an integrated

the reverse with an integrated strap with a reinforced buttonhole meeting an analogous buttonhole on the obverse

the other from Topcliffe)

featuring the handwritten signature of Generalfeldmarschall Hugo Sperrle

he became a Platoon Leader in the SS-Pioniersturmbann in Dresden

with the medal being delivered to the headquarters of the 187th Reserve Division

Germany, HJ. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic the reverse with an integrated(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). 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, in turn defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, the eagle circumscribed by an inscription of GAUSIEGER (REGIONAL VICTOR) and a date of 1939, the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical