Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Cross, Ii Class, With Case Auction Archive Hummel” badge

Hummel” badge

Footnote: The Merit Order of the German Eagle was instituted in 1937 and was awarded in five classes together with an associated medal

obverse inscribed “Zum Andenken hundertsten Geburtstag des Grossen Kaisers Wilhelm I 1797 - 22

Seeing that this is the next class

as her husband had been confined to Massachusetts State Hospital in Taunton since February 26

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Cross, Ii Class, With Case Auction Archive Hummel” badge(Reichsfeuerwehr Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 22 June 1936 by Wilhelm Frick. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms bearing stylized flame designs, with a central white enameled disc bearing a black mobile swastika, with a ring through the quadrants bearing a raised