Germany, Third Reich. A Fire-Fighting Service Badge, C.1934 Auction Archive 96 mm (w) x 41

96 mm (w) x 41

and topped by stylized eagle’s head

Red Cross Decoration 3rd Class - - in silver and enamels

measuring 36

with one of the shoulder boards exhibiting moderate moth damage

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire-Fighting Service Badge, C.1934 Auction Archive 96 mm (w) x 41(Erinnerungszeichen Verdienste um das Feuerlschwesen). An oval silver badge, the obverse presenting a firefighter with helmet blowing a fire horn he holds in his right hand while holding a hose in his left, below is a burning house, with smoke and flames coming through the roof, circumscribed by the inscription FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT TO THE FIRE FIGHTING), the reverse presents a vertical pinback, maker marked PREUSS.