Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Archive maker marked "SCHWAAB S &

maker marked "SCHWAAB S & S CO

founded the Bank of Italy in San Francisco in 1904

on loop for suspension with the jubilee number “50” in gilt

gold with white red and blue enamels

and Panzer Company "Bergen

Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Archive maker marked "SCHWAAB S &(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of silvered bronze 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 overlaid by a HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of GAUSIEGER 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked