Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Service Decoration, II. Class Cross, c. 1940 Hold greening evident beside the bird's

greening evident beside the bird's throat

the Order was not brought under the protection of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem until 1847

along with evident rusty spots on some of the links

the reverse is plain and shows the attachment prongs of the obverse

5850" on the edge

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Service Decoration, II. Class Cross, c. 1940 Hold greening evident beside the bird's(Feuerwehrehrenzeichen). Instituted June 22nd, 1936. Two piece construction in silvered bronze, white, black, and red enamels, with a band in the quadrants between the arms of the cross inscribed with Fr Verdienste im Feuerlschwesen (For Merit in Fire Fighting) in capitalised German lettering, the obverse with a white enamelled Greek cross bearing red enamelled flames on all arms of the cross with a central medallion bearing a mobile black enamelled