Braunschweig, Duchy. A Fire Brigade Medal of Merit visually-hidden screws on the front painted

screws on the front painted red with a large "M" in red inscribed above the screw on the right side

Discharge Certificate and Military Medal Citation

numbered "A 135477"

reverting to the rank of Private again on March 31st

The citation reads: “Major Per F

Braunschweig, Duchy. A Fire Brigade Medal of Merit visually-hidden screws on the front painted(Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienste um die Feuerwehr). Instituted 25 April 1912 by Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg. (1912 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised Braunschweig coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of GOTT ZUR EHR, DEM NCHSTEN ZUR WEHR (GOD TO HONOUR, NEIGHBOUR TO DEFEND), the reverse bearing a central raised firemans helmet overlaying crossed