Czechoslovakia, First Republic. A Silesia Fire Brigade Merit Medal Hold 60mm (x 100mm including crown

60mm (x 100mm including crown suspension)

(Ehrenzeichen des Bayerischen Landesvereins vom Roten Kreuz

Only the 1st and 2nd Battalions were regulars

he was transferred to the Canadian Casualty Depot Hospital

Czechoslovakia, First Republic. A Silesia Fire Brigade Merit Medal Hold 60mm (x 100mm including crownConstructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension, the obverse consisting of a central blue enameled disc, overlaid by a golden yellow shield bearing a black Silesian Eagle, within a ring of red enamel bearing a gilt inscription of ZEMSK HASISK JEDNOTA SLEZSK ZA ZSLUHY (SILESIAN FIRE BRIGADE FOR MERIT), topped by a firemans helmet and axe, fully surrounded by a ring of green enameled leaf branches joined together at the bottom