Germany, Weimar Republic. A Rare Fire Brigade Honour Cross, II Class, c. 1930 Province of China with the appropriate hardware

with the appropriate hardware

the Royal Navy shore establishment at Gosport and home to the submarine service

topped by four bands of silver aluminum wire piping bisected by a green threaded tresse

Footnote: Ferdinand Schwarz was born on February 12th

Germany, Weimar Republic. A Rare Fire Brigade Honour Cross, II Class, c. 1930 Province of China with the appropriate hardware(Deutsches Feuerwehr Ehrenkreuz II. Klasse). Instituted 3 November 1928. (1929 1936 issue). Constructed of silver with enamels, consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms joined through the quadrants by stylized flames, the obverse overlaid by a central black enameled medallion bearing a Saint Florian (patron saint of firefighters), situated within a ribbed ring, the reverse overlaid by a central Weimar style German national eagle, situated