Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, Ii Class Auction 97 mm in diameter

97 mm in diameter

tiny chips in the green enamels of the wreath on the reverse centrepiece ring

silver frame with attractive very light oxidation and a blackened iron core (magnetic)

or colloquially Csepel Művek ("Csepel Works") was one of the largest machine factories in Hungary

with an inscription indicating that Bechert was killed in action on 5 June 1940 in Soissons

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, Ii Class Auction 97 mm in diameter(Feuerwehr Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse joined together through the quadrants by a circular ring bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENST IM FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), with white enameled arms bearing stylized red flames, overlaid by a central white enameled medallion bearing a black