A German Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class Hold numbered 3794)

numbered 3794)

Awarded posthumously to an Army Officer

as are all the strap holders

Awarded to Werner Bock

NOTE: This is a First World War recruitment poster published in American Jewish magazines

A German Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class Hold numbered 3794)A 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;