Germany. A Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class Archive Hartford served in several prominent

Hartford served in several prominent campaigns in the American Civil War as the flagship of David Glasgow Farragut

residue evident)

the second “o” in the surname and the “M” in the unit double struck

reverse marked "Rudolf Wächtler & Lange" (pocket showing age and use)

two 12th Infantry

Germany. A Fire Brigade Service Cross; Second Class Archive Hartford served in several prominentA 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);