Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class, by Glaser & Sohn visually-hidden At some point in 1940

At some point in 1940 or early 1941 he was placed in the 7th Squadron of Fighter Wing 1

17mm (h – inclusive of Goddess suspension)

5 cm (h) x 17

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

one dying in captivity

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class, by Glaser & Sohn visually-hidden At some point in 1940(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