Germany, Third Reich. A Mint Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, II Class with Issue Package, by L. Christian Lauer Province of China dated 3 August 1944

dated 3 August 1944

It was taken during the fightings leading to the Russian re-taking of the city of Dnepropetrovsk from the Germans in late October 1943

during which time he picked the lock of his cell and got out of the camp

the first Näfelser Fahrt

Germany, Third Reich. A Mint Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, II Class with Issue Package, by L. Christian Lauer Province of China dated 3 August 1944(Reichsfeuerwehr Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 22 June 1936 by Wilhelm Frick. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Geneva Cross joined together through the quadrants by a circular ring bearing an obverse inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM FEUER LSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), the obverse of the cross featuring white enameled