Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class with Period Case, by Glaser & Sohn Hold handpainted obverse centrepiece

handpainted obverse centrepiece

presenting oxidation on center

which has detached from the knife

glue residue on the original ribbons from previous board mounting

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class with Period Case, by Glaser & Sohn Hold handpainted obverse centrepiece(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