Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Badge, II Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic in turn adorned with a

in turn adorned with a raised cherry blossom

and was named a member of the British Royal Academy of Music

in silvered tomb

a friend of the “Red Baron” Manfred von Richthofen

wear to interior edge of base

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Badge, II Class Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic in turn adorned with a(Feuerwehr 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, consisting of a Geneva Cross with its arms joined together through the quadrants by a circular ring bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENST IM FEUER LSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), the obverse with white enameled arms overlaid by