Germany, HJ. A Leader’s Sports Badge, Gustav Brehmer Auction gilt wear on the insignia

gilt wear on the insignia

with minor loss of finish visible to the silvered features

which is signed with “To General and Mrs

Footnote: Chris Railton Lockyer was born on January 9

the lower half of the image overlaid by von Richthofen's signature in clear black ink

Germany, HJ. A Leader’s Sports Badge, Gustav Brehmer Auction gilt wear on the insignia(Fhrer Sportabzeichen der HJ). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a black enameled disc, overlaid by a Tyr rune bearing a mobile swastika, in turn situated within a ring bearing an inscription of FR LEISTUNG IN DER H. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE H. J.), the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, stamped with an award number of 6471, also