Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, Ii Class Archive During the German occupation of

During the German occupation of the Netherlands the NSB remained the only legal party

and a Close Combat Clasp

minor tarnishing of the silver and flecking of the enamels is evident

Stitched into the centre of the cap band underneath the eagle is an additional insignia consisting of a dark green cotton backer bearing a multi-colouored machine-embroidered cockade within a silver aluminum wire wreath

moderate surface wear on the arms on the reverse

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, Ii Class Archive During the German occupation 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, 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 VERDIENSTE IM FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR