Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Example, by Gustav Brehmer Auction (""Louis the Great instituted it

(""Louis the Great instituted it in 1693"")

with slight material fatigue of the portepee

with light marks on the exterior from storage but otherwise extremely fine condition

unmarked but demonstrating the physical characteristics of an early and high-quality variation produced by an unidentified manufacturer as described in Mark E

some separation evident in the wire on the eagle's right wing and exposing the underlying support structure

Germany, HJ. A National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Owner-Attributed Example, by Gustav Brehmer Auction (""Louis the Great instituted it(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