Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, Ii Class Auction A Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Badge by

A Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Badge by maker GWL (Gebrüder Wegerhoff Lüdenscheid)

1885 in Vermont

Footnote: The Order of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker was originally a medal

or colloquially Csepel Művek ("Csepel Works") was one of the largest machine factories in Hungary

with an inscription indicating that Bechert was killed in action on 5 June 1940 in Soissons

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, Ii Class Auction A Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger Badge by(Feuerwehr Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Geneva Cross, the obverse joined together through the quadrants by a circular ring bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENST IM FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), with white enameled arms bearing stylized red flames, overlaid by a central white enameled medallion bearing a black