Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Service Cross, Ii Class Hold the rear panel stamped "59"

the rear panel stamped "59"

The RE8 pilots were required to fill the need for replacements in Flanders

Leonard Frank Houghton

those circumstances notwithstanding

Instituted 1926

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Service Cross, Ii Class Hold the rear panel stamped "59"(Feuerlschenwehr Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms bearing stylized red enameled flames, with a central white enameled medallion topped by a black enameled mobile swastika, with silvered bands through the quadrants with a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM