Germany, HJ. A Golden HJ Leader’s Sports Proficiency Badge, Numbered Example, by Gustav Brehmer Auction Commanding General of the 8th

Commanding General of the 8th Army

with a laurel wreath segment in each quadrant

Stitched onto the tunic above the upper right pocket is an insignia consisting of a dark green wool backer bearing a hand-embroidered silver aluminum wire Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

" (Gesetzlich Geschützt) and maker marked "DESCHLER MCHN

Germany, HJ. A Golden HJ Leader’s Sports Proficiency Badge, Numbered Example, by Gustav Brehmer Auction Commanding General of the 8th(Fhrer Sportabzeichen). Instituted May 6th, 1934 by Baldur von Schirach. (1938 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with black enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel wreath surrounding a black enameled disc, overlaid by a Tyr rune bearing a central mobile swastika, within a circular ring bearing a raised inscription of Fr Leistungen in der HJ (For Merit in the HJ), the reverse with a raised barrel hinge, vertical pinback, and