Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Service Decoration, II. Class Cross, c. 1940 Hold Relief of Ladysmith

Relief of Ladysmith

over top of a black enameled background with a gilt inscription of “EAÜ”

greening evident beside the bird's throat

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

the dagger measuring 374 mm in length

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Service Decoration, II. Class Cross, c. 1940 Hold Relief of Ladysmith(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