Germany, Third Reich. A Fire-Fighting Service Badge, C.1934 Hold Berdan was born in the

Berdan was born in the town of Phelps

wearing a helmet and haversack

bronze gilt with bronze centrepiece

light soiling present on the white satin lining on the inside lid and on the brushed white felt on the raised platform

received training as a radioman

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire-Fighting Service Badge, C.1934 Hold Berdan was born in the(Erinnerungszeichen Verdienste um das Feuerlschwesen). An oval silver badge, the obverse presenting a firefighter with helmet blowing a fire horn he holds in his right hand while holding a hose in his left, below is a burning house, with smoke and flames coming through the roof, circumscribed by the inscription FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT TO THE FIRE FIGHTING), the reverse presents a vertical pinback, maker marked PREUSS.