Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, Ii Class Hold and broadcasting director and SS-Hauptsturmführer

and broadcasting director and SS-Hauptsturmführer Richard Kolb (1891–1945)

SAMARA 1897 (3406 Pte J

with wear on the rim and toned silver

Footnote: From the collection of Dietrich Maerz

in aluminum with a matte silver aluminum finish

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, Ii Class Hold and broadcasting director and SS-Hauptsturmführer(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, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse with white enameled arms overlaid by stylized red flames, with a white enameled centrepiece bearing a black mobile swastika, the quadrants joined by a ring bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR