Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class, by Glaser & Sohn visually-hidden 17mm (h – inclusive of

17mm (h – inclusive of Goddess suspension)

one dying in captivity

the reverse bearing an inscription of “FÜR KRIEGSVERDIENST1939” (“FOR WAR MERIT 1939”)

all measuring 50 mm (w) x 70 mm (h)

measuring 202 mm (w) x 88 mm (h)

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class, by Glaser & Sohn visually-hidden 17mm (h – inclusive of(Reichsfeuerwehr Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 22 June 1936 by Wilhelm Frick. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Geneva Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by a circular ring bearing an obverse inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), the obverse of the cross with white enameled