Germany, Hj. A Cased 1944 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude all superimposed on top of

all superimposed on top of black wool base

measures 30 mm (w) x 29 mm (h)

easily identifiable by wear markings on the Cross

then declared a "Deserter" at the Army Combat Training Centre in South Africa the same day

Germany, Hj. A Cased 1944 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude all superimposed on top of(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). Constructed of feinkzink with enames, the obverse consisting of a white enameled disk with a raised inscription of GAUSIEGER 1944 (REGIONAL WINNER 1939), within a laurel wreath, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cog wheel, in turn bearing a HJ insignia in the form of a red and white enameled diamond with a central black mobile swastika, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback