Germany, Third Reich. A Badge For Fire Brigade Service, By The Prussian Mint Newly Listed stamped "Oflag XI A /

stamped "Oflag XI A / 15159"

as a binary Mountain division

41 mm x 61

in hallmarked 9Kt

sewn upon an Army green wool uniform

Germany, Third Reich. A Badge For Fire Brigade Service, By The Prussian Mint Newly Listed stamped "Oflag XI A /(Erinnerungszeichen Verdienste um das Feuerlschwesen). Instituted 21 December 1933 by Wilhelm Frick. (1934 1936 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse with a central raised firefighter clutching a hose and blowing a horn, above a burning building, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN THE FIRE BRIGADE), with a mobile swastika at the bottom, the reverse with a vertical pinback, maker marked PREUSS.