founded the Bank of Italy in San Francisco in 1904
first British edition in 1955
maker marked "SCHWAAB S & S CO
/ Beneath some ocean cold and deep
on loop for suspension with the jubilee number “50” in gilt
Germany, Hj. A 1939 National Trade Competition Victor’s Badge, Silver Grade, By Gustav Brehmer Archive founded the Bank of Italy(Ehrenzeichen Gausieger im Reichsberufswettkampf 1939). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a circular laurel leaf wreath, surrounding a white enameled disc, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a cogwheel, in turn overlaid by a HJ insignia, circumscribed by an inscription of GAUSIEGER 1939, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, maker marked