Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Badge, Ii Class, With Case Auction Archive Vienna (second model by this

Vienna (second model by this maker

A 1934 KDF (Kraft Durch Freude/Strength Through Joy) Urlaubsfahrt zur Nordsee badge

I was instructed to have a German Machine on the range

unusual and rare combination of awards including five Gold Orders

Footnote: An example of a badge produced by an unknown maker discussed in Sascha Weber’s “The Infantry Assault Badges”

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Badge, Ii Class, With Case Auction Archive Vienna (second model by this(Reichsfeuerwehr Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse mit Etui). 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 through the quadrants by a circular ring bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), the obverse with white enameled arms bearing stylized