Germany, Hj. A Numbered Leader’s Sports Badge, By Gustav Brehmer United Republic of Footnote: The Century of Progress

Footnote: The Century of Progress International Exposition was a World's Fair registered under the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)

maker marked “M9/102” for “Gebrüder Bender

the inside of each boot has two white nylon straps stamped with R

He likely saw action during the French campaign and afterwards was stationed as part of the occupational force

three sides trimmed in red piping

Germany, Hj. A Numbered Leader’s Sports Badge, By Gustav Brehmer United Republic of Footnote: The Century of Progress(Fhrer 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 FR 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 makers