Baden, Grand Duchy. A Fire Service Long Service Bar Auction 1940 and signed in blue

1940 and signed in blue ink by an Obersturmführer and Deputy Leader of Motorstandarte 78

III Class Bronze Grade Merit Medal

the United Kingdom and Continental Europe (France

the blouse exhibiting a few holes on either side of the central rear seam

Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross Winner

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Fire Service Long Service Bar Auction 1940 and signed in blue(Ehrenzeichen fr Mitglieder der freiwilligen Feuerwehr). Instituted on 3 November 1920. Type I. (1920 1934 Issue). A gilded bronze frame, the centre presenting the inscription 25 JAHRE DIENST BEI DER FREIWILLIGEN FEUERWEHR (25 YEARS VOLUNTEER FIRE SERVICE), mounted to a period original red and yellow striped ribbon, reverse present horizontal pinback, measuring 38. 74 mm (w) x 38. 98 mm (h), and in extremely fine condition.