Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, Ii Class Buy Now measuring 54 mm x 57

measuring 54 mm x 57 mm

presenting the design of interwoven leather and bearing the letters HJ and DJ

reverse illustrating a shield displaying an inverted fleur-de-lys

approximate size 9

Footnote: Arthur Willcox was born in Brighton England in 1897 and was working as a labourer in Balsom Bay prior to enlisting in the CEF in March 1916

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, Ii Class Buy Now measuring 54 mm x 57(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 with white enameled arms overlaid by stylized red flames, with a white enameled centrepiece bearing a black mobile swastika, the quadrants joined by a ring bearing a raised inscription of FR