Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Service Decoration, II. Class Cross, c. 1940 Hold and black enamels with sun

and black enamels with sun rays emanating between the arms from the centre applique

difficulties in assembling troops and late starts for the assaults on August 27th

Type III with Franco Crown (1936-1975)

A mixed group of unspoiled lengths of ribbons

99 mm x 48

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Service Decoration, II. Class Cross, c. 1940 Hold and black enamels with sun(Feuerwehrehrenzeichen). Instituted June 22nd, 1936. Two piece construction in silvered bronze, white, black, and red enamels, with a band in the quadrants between the arms of the cross inscribed with Fr Verdienste im Feuerlschwesen (For Merit in Fire Fighting) in capitalised German lettering, the obverse with a white enamelled Greek cross bearing red enamelled flames on all arms of the cross with a central medallion bearing a mobile black enamelled