Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, II Class Auction Archive with drill hole and string

with drill hole and string

" with a "FEDERAL PHOTOS - MONTREAL" photo credit at the lower right

complete with backing plate and fastening nut on reverse

Pragnell entered the French theatre with the 5th Infantry Battalion

the two being one in the same

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, II Class Auction Archive with drill hole and string(Reichsfeuerwehr Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). 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, the obverse joined through the quadrants with a circular ring bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), with white enameled arms overlaid by stylized flames,