Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Service Decoration, II. Class Cross, c. 1940 Archive surrounded by a ring of

surrounded by a ring of black enamels inscribed “Preussens Tapferen Kriegern” in gilded capital letters

he was posted for duty to the Canadian Army Dental Corps Headquarters in London

1940 shortly after the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War

along with copies of his Index Cards

His unit was tasked with the guarding of POWs

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Service Decoration, II. Class Cross, c. 1940 Archive surrounded by a ring of(Feuerwehrehrenzeichen). Instituted June 22nd, 1936. Two piece construction in silvered bronze, white, black, and red enamels, with a band in the quadrants between the arms of the cross inscribed with Fr Verdienste im Feuerlschwesen (For Merit in Fire Fighting) in capitalised German lettering, the obverse with a white enamelled Greek cross bearing red enamelled flames on all arms of the cross with a central medallion bearing a mobile black enamelled