Germany, Hj. A Leader Sports Badge, By Gustav Brehmer Archive Distinguished Service Cross (two-piece construction

Distinguished Service Cross (two-piece construction

The blade fits flush to the cross-guard

Each medal with its lightly soiled original ribbon

light gilt wear evident on the Bavarian cross

Buckle in steel and painted in field gray/green on the right end of the belt

Germany, Hj. A Leader Sports Badge, By Gustav Brehmer Archive Distinguished Service Cross (two-piece construction(Fhrer Sportabzeichen der HJ). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamel, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath surrounding a black enameled disc, 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 flattened vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, stamped with a mark of B