Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class Hold attached to a blackened bronze

attached to a blackened bronze five petal rose cockade with hook

But nobody in the task force was aware of this

the obverse centre bears a cipher “W” for Wilhelm

SIEMENS-SCHUCKERTWERKE A-G Berlin / Alleinvertrieb: Sport-Lüder Berlin-Spandau Postdamerstr

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class Hold attached to a blackened bronze(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 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 enameled