A German Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class GTRexclude Belleville

Belleville

Maker marked P

"BELGIUM" at the right and "RUSSIA" below

with loop marked "935"

the city and its forts

A German Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class GTRexclude BellevilleA textbook third Reich period German Feuerlschwesen Verdienstkreuz; two piece construction, in silvered bronze and white, black, and red enamels; the obverse with a white enamelled cross with a medallion in the centre depicting a mobile black enamelled swastika and a band in between the arms inscribed Fr Verdienste im Feuerlschwesen; the reverse plain; with a pierced ball suspensions; with a replacement ribbon; measuring 43. 72 mm x 43. 77 mm;