A Mint Cased German Fire Brigade Service Cross Second Class By Glaser & Sohn GTRexclude 85mm in length

85mm in length

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

three out of four prongs intact

and the advance on Bloemfontein and Pretoria

the bottom part has stitched on field green wool backing

A Mint Cased German Fire Brigade Service Cross Second Class By Glaser & Sohn GTRexclude 85mm in lengthA 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