Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Example, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic consisting of a Maltese Cross

consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms and with crossed swords through the centrepeice

Footnote: This badge was awarded by the Civil Aviation Directorate from the Ministry of Air and Navy to pilots who graduated from “Sport Tourism” departments

situated within stylized white enameled belt and buckle

overall very fine condition and very scarce

Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Example, by Gustav Brehmer Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic consisting of a Maltese Cross(Ehrenzeichen Kreissieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1938). Constructed of bronze, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel wreath surrounding a white enameled disc, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel defaced by an enameled HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of KREISSIEGER (DISTRICT VICTOR) and flanked by a date of 1938, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker