Germany, Hj. A 1944 National Trade Competition Regional Victor’s Badge, By Gustav Brehmer Auction Archive War Honor Cross 1914-18

War Honor Cross 1914-18

Yixuan formally requested Cixi to prolong her regency

leather tab stitched in place to the roll bar on the buckle

1873 in Essen

On original ribbon

Germany, Hj. A 1944 National Trade Competition Regional Victor’s Badge, By Gustav Brehmer Auction Archive War Honor Cross 1914-18(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf). Constructed of silvered zink with multi coloured enamels and paint, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, around a white painted disc overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn bearing a HJ insignia, topped by an inscription of GAUSIEGER, flanked by a date of 1944, the reverse with a ball hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch, maker marked G.