A German Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class Hold gilt loss and surface wear

gilt loss and surface wear

better than very fine condition with most of the original silvering intact

450th Bombardment Group

numbered 3794)

Awarded posthumously to an Army Officer

A German Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class Hold gilt loss and surface wearA third Reich period German Feuerlschwesen Verdienstkreuz; two piece construction, in silvered bronze and white, black, and red enamels; the obverse with a white enameled cross with a medallion in the centre depicting a mobile black enameled swastika and a band in between the arms inscribed Fr Verdienste im Feuerlschwesen; the reverse plain; with a pierced ball suspensions; with its period original full sized ribbon; measuring 43. 09 mm x 43. 15 mm;