Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class, with Case Auction Archive on early 20th century ribbon

on early 20th century ribbon

a portrait of Sea Battalion soldier

bearing two bands of gold bullion wire piping around a central bands of silver aluminum wire piping

the original suspension with pinback having separated from the award's ribbon but accompanies it and is housed in the slot in the medal bed

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class, with Case Auction Archive on early 20th century ribbon(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