Germany, Third Reich. A Mint Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, II Class with Issue Package, by L. Christian Lauer Hold with a signed photograph of

with a signed photograph of the 14th Dalai Lama

He died st Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto

minor enamel crazing

measuring 35 mm (w) x 100 mm (l)

The reverse features a transitional maker’s mark consisting of the logo of Carl Eickhorn

Germany, Third Reich. A Mint Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, II Class with Issue Package, by L. Christian Lauer Hold with a signed photograph of(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 joined together through the quadrants by a circular ring bearing an obverse inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM FEUER LSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), the obverse of the cross featuring white enameled