Germany, Hj. A Golden Leader’s Sports Badge, By Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity 8 mm (w) x 46

8 mm (w) x 46 mm (h)

The Battalion was raised in Western Canada with mobilization headquarters at Camp Valcartier

eagle’s head separately attached and patinated

with a brown cord with switch

Under “Musterung” (medical examination)

Germany, Hj. A Golden Leader’s Sports Badge, By Gustav Brehmer certificate_of_authenticity 8 mm (w) x 46(Fhrer Sportabzeichen der HJ). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels and magnetic iron, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, overlaid by a Tyr rune, in turn bearing a mobile swastika set within a ring bearing a raised inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE H. J.), the reverse with a raised barrel hinge and vertical pinback meeting a flattened catch, marked B indicating a supplementary piece, also marked