Germany, Third Reich. A Badge For Fire Brigade Service, By The Prussian Mint Archive awards generally in very fine

awards generally in very fine or better condition (with related ribbon bar)

center appliqu in silver gilt

The Vietnamese National Order of Vietnam was considered the equivalent decoration for military officers

and Home Army Cap Badge (die-stamped metal

Germany, Third Reich. A Badge For Fire Brigade Service, By The Prussian Mint Archive awards generally in very fine(Erinnerungszeichen Verdienste um das Feuerlschwesen). Instituted 21 December 1933 by Wilhelm Frick. (1934 1936 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse with a central raised firefighter clutching a hose and blowing a horn, above a burning building, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN THE FIRE BRIGADE), with a mobile swastika at the bottom, the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked PREUSS.