Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class with Period Case, by Glaser & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 143 mm (w) x

measuring 143 mm (w) x 95 mm (h)

A fine example of this scarce Type I Order of the Phoenix I

suffering a gun shot wound to his chest

five-pointed star with arms bordered in white enamel

non-combatant issue

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class with Period Case, by Glaser & Sohn consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 143 mm (w) x(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