Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Service Decoration, II. Class Cross, c. 1940 Hold Upon returning to Germany

Upon returning to Germany

Instituted on 10 April 1942

along with evident rusty spots on some of the links

He had one brief stint with HMCS Carleton from February to April and was listed for immediate demobilization on September 15

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Service Decoration, II. Class Cross, c. 1940 Hold Upon returning to Germany(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