A German Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class GTRexclude under the Pay and Allowance

under the Pay and Allowance Regulations 1914 as amended by P

Maker marked P

the city and its forts

Sewn upon the left side behind the left breast pocket is the maker's label

Footnote: This medal was produced by the company Julius Berger Tiefbau A

A German Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class GTRexclude under the Pay and AllowanceA 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;