Sweden, Kingdom. A Cased Firefigther’s Medal for Courage in Danger and Civic Zeal, c. 1920 Hold The Curacoa sank in six

The Curacoa sank in six minutes

some of the silvering has worn off due to age but otherwise better than fine condition

brilliant cut rubies in the shape of a cross

Biddle & Banks manufacture

the perimeter of the label trimmed in orange cotton

Sweden, Kingdom. A Cased Firefigther’s Medal for Courage in Danger and Civic Zeal, c. 1920 Hold The Curacoa sank in six(Medalj fr Mod I Fara Och Medborgariver). Instituted in late 1893. A circular silver medal, the obverse bearing a Blackbird with its wings up in the air, surrounded by the inscription Stdernas Allmnna Brandfrsvarsbolag (General Fire Department), the reverse officially inscribed Brandmstaren Nils Caselius (Fire Master Nils Caselius), circumscribed by Fr Mod I Faror Och Medborgariver (For Courage in Danger and Civic Zeal), suspended from an elaborate