Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class with Period Case, by Glaser & Sohn Province of China with purple enamels

with purple enamels

a banner inscribed with “MIT GOTT FÜR FUERST UND VATER LAND” (WITH GOD FOR FIRST AND FATHERLAND) lays across the centre of the eagle

Teresa and Christine)

(Luftwaffe Tropenhelm)

6 o’clock ray is bent therefore pin does not slide into catch

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class with Period Case, by Glaser & Sohn Province of China with purple enamels(Reichsfeuerwehr Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse mit Etui). 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