A Mint Cased German Fire Brigade Service Cross Second Class By Glaser & Sohn GTRexclude and the advance on Bloemfontein

and the advance on Bloemfontein and Pretoria

three out of four prongs intact

dated on reverse 1931

he was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Merit Cross) 1st Class

A Mint Cased German Fire Brigade Service Cross Second Class By Glaser & Sohn GTRexclude and the advance on BloemfonteinA textbook example of a third reich period German Feuerlschwesen Verdienstkreuz; two piece construction in silvered bronze and white, and red enamels; the obverse with a white enameled cross with a medallion applique in the centre bearing a black enamelled mobile swastika with a band between the arms, inscribed Fr Verdienste im Feuerlschwesen; the reverse plain, but maker marked Glaser & Sohn, Dresden; with a pierced ball suspension and a mint period