Germany. A Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class Auction Due to his brutal methods

Due to his brutal methods he acquired the nickname “Bloody Ferdinand” (Blutiger Ferdinand) and became Hitler’s favourite commander

(Alsace-Lorraine): Silvered bronze with red

Schmalkalden” on reverse

Pilot Officer/Air Gunner Joseph Lloyd Gallant from Summerside

the exterior exhibiting scattered edge wear on the strip of black leather

Germany. A Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class Auction Due to his brutal methodsA third Reich period German Feuerlschwesen Verdienstkreuz; two piece construction, in silvered bronze and white, black, and red enamels; the obverse with a white enameled cross with a medallion in the centre depicting a mobile black enameled swastika and a band in between the arms inscribed Fr Verdienste im Feuerlschwesen; the reverse plain; with a pierced ball suspensions; with its period original ribbon; measuring 43. 28 mm (w) x 47. 61 mm (h);