Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Bronze Grade, By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude an American Red Cross Collar

an American Red Cross Collar Insignia (brass

60 mm in length

Upon being named Germany's Chief of the General Staff in August 1916

the submarine finished in black

Germany, Hj. A Proficiency Badge, Bronze Grade, By Gustav Brehmer GTRexclude an American Red Cross Collar(HJ Leistungsabzeichen in Bronze). Constructed of bronze, consisting of a Tyr rune overlaid by a mobile swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of FR LEISTUNGEN IN DER H. J. (FOR MERIT IN THE H. J.), the reverse with a vertical pinback, marked with an issue number of 37248, a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code M1 101 for maker Gustav Brehmer, Markneukirchen, measuring 29. 84 mm (w) x 52. 35 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.