Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honor Cross, Ii Class Buy Now on a 56 mm pin)

on a 56 mm pin)

marked 503

when the United States joined the Allied Powers during the First World War

with approximately 40% of the original silvering intact

Four rows of silver-coloured threading interlaced with blue threading in a u-shape

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honor Cross, Ii Class Buy Now on a 56 mm pin)(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 from its period original ribbon, the obverse with white enameled arms overlaid by stylized red enameled flames, with a central white enameled disk bearing a black mobile swastika, the arms joined by a banner bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM FEUER