A German Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class Auction 1942 and the Armed Merchant

1942 and the Armed Merchant Cruiser H

die-holes on either side

inscribed "LUD

with various insignias at the base

he was slightly wounded in the field

A German Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class Auction 1942 and the Armed MerchantA third Reich period German Feuerlschwesen Verdienstkreuz; two piece construction, in silvered bronze and white, black, and red enamels; the obverse with a white enameled cross with a medallion in the centre depicting a mobile black enameled swastika and a band in between the arms inscribed Fr Verdienste im Feuerlschwesen; the reverse plain; with a pierced ball suspensions; with its period original full sized ribbon; measuring 43. 09 mm x 43. 15 mm;