A Mint Cased German Fire Brigade Service Cross Second Class By Glaser & Sohn GTRexclude three out of four prongs

three out of four prongs intact

Bravery Medal - Franz Joseph I

with early nice quality LDO case of issue (case in very good condition)

dated on reverse 1931

(This brief biography was taken from Ernst Obermaier's Die Ritterkreuzträger)

A Mint Cased German Fire Brigade Service Cross Second Class By Glaser & Sohn GTRexclude three out of four prongsA textbook example of a third reich period German Feuerlschwesen Verdienstkreuz; two piece construction in silvered bronze and white, and red enamels; the obverse with a white enameled cross with a medallion applique in the centre bearing a black enamelled mobile swastika with a band between the arms, inscribed Fr Verdienste im Feuerlschwesen; the reverse plain, but maker marked Glaser & Sohn, Dresden; with a pierced ball suspension and a mint period