Germany, Third Reich. A Badge For Merit In Fire Fighting By The Prussian Mint Archive with a raised crown on

with a raised crown on the upper arm of the cross and “1914” on the lower arm of the cross

set on a blackened magnetic metal button measuring 16 mm in diameter

87 mm (w) x 33

one tiny flake to enameled center

A group of five stick pins

Germany, Third Reich. A Badge For Merit In Fire Fighting By The Prussian Mint Archive with a raised crown on(Erinnerungszeichen Verdienste um das Feuerlschwesen). Instituted 21 December 1933 by Wilhelm Frick. (1934 1936 issue). Constructed of silver, vertical pinback, the obverse with a central fireman blowing a horn and clutching a hose, above a burning building, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), with a mobile swastika at the bottom, the reverse maker marked for PREUSS. STAATSMNZE for the