Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honor Cross, Ii Class Hold 17 mm (w) x 71

17 mm (w) x 71

experiencing shrapnel in the back and shoulder

and the Edinburgh Gazette 12824 of Tuesday

In solid GOLD and enamels

Simpson served in the Middle East with the 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigade and more specifically in the 3rd Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honor Cross, Ii Class Hold 17 mm (w) x 71(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 from its period original ribbon, the obverse with white enameled arms overlaid by stylized red enameled flames, with a central white enameled disk bearing a black mobile swastika, the arms joined by a banner bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM FEUER