Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Badge, Ii Class, With Case GTRexclude measuring 75 mm x 260

measuring 75 mm x 260 mm

incorporating a blue ribbon framed within a rectangular brass frame

a King Ludwig Cross

the obverse depicts a soldier kneeling at the gravesite of a fallen comrade

who resided in Canada on the 4th of August 1914

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Badge, Ii Class, With Case GTRexclude measuring 75 mm x 260(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 from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Geneva Cross, joined through the quadrants by a circular ring bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), the obverse with white enameled arms bearing stylized