A Mint Cased German Fire Brigade Service Cross Second Class By Glaser & Sohn GTRexclude Kranji War Cemetery

Kranji War Cemetery

at the Second Battle of Arras and the Capture of Orix Trench

maker marked "Godet" on reverse button

The testimony of the fifth survivor

Iron Cross Second Class 1939 - Iron-Magnetic center

A Mint Cased German Fire Brigade Service Cross Second Class By Glaser & Sohn GTRexclude Kranji War CemeteryA textbook example of a third reich period German Feuerlschwesen Verdienstkreuz; two piece construction in silvered bronze and white, and red enamels; the obverse with a white enameled cross with a medallion applique in the centre bearing a black enamelled mobile swastika with a band between the arms, inscribed Fr Verdienste im Feuerlschwesen; the reverse plain, but maker marked Glaser & Sohn, Dresden; with a pierced ball suspension and a mint period