Germany, HJ. A Numbered Leader’s Sports Badge, by Gustav Brehmer
(Führer-Sportabzeichen der HJ). Constructed of bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a Sig rune overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of “FÜR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H.J.” (“FOR MERIT IN THE H.J.”), on top of a black enameled disk within a round laurel leaf wreath, the reverse with a barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, marked with an issue number of “3456”, a Reichszeugmeisterei insignia, and a maker’s code of “M1/101” for Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen, measuring 39.37 mm (w) x 50.93 mm (h), weighing 36.2 grams, in extremely fine condition.

