Germany, Federal Republic. A Lower Saxony Fire Brigade 25-Year Long Service Badge Auction Archive A grouping of four first

A grouping of four first and second war German medals

in three classes: Exceptional Class

This would lead to the Battle of Hürtgen Forest

exposing the underlying beige threading

Germany, Federal Republic. A Lower Saxony Fire Brigade 25-Year Long Service Badge Auction Archive A grouping of four first(Feuerwehr Ehrenzeichen fr 25 Jahre). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel wreath, joined together at the bottom by a banner with a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), topped by a raised number of 25, with a central Saxon horse on a ribbed background, the reverse with a barrel hinge and tapering vertical pinback meeting a flat wire catch, unmarked, measuring 40 mm (w)