A German Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class Newly Listed 49 mm knurled stick pin

49 mm knurled stick pin (bent)

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A German Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class Newly Listed 49 mm knurled stick pinA textbook third Reich period German Feuerlschwesen Verdienstkreuz; two piece construction, in silvered bronze and white, black, and red enamels; the obverse with a white enamelled cross with a medallion in the centre depicting a mobile black enamelled swastika and a band in between the arms inscribed Fr Verdienste im Feuerlschwesen; the reverse plain; with a pierced ball suspensions; with a replacement ribbon; measuring 43. 72 mm x 43. 77 mm;