He was a firefighter after his military service with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
presumably as originally worn
measuring 510 mm across the shoulders x 710 mm in length overall)
the packet with “Eisernes Kreuz 2
An Early Minesweeper War Badge - in tombac
Turkey, Ottoman Empire. An Order Of Medjidie (Mecidiye), V Class Knight, C.1915 Archive He was a firefighter afterMecidiye Nian. Instituted in 1851. Likely of German manufacture, consisting of Gold and red enamelled insignia, mounted to a silver seven pointed star base, each of the arms with five faceted rays, measuring 57. 7 mm (w) x 73. 7 mm (h) inclusive of its silver and red enamelled crescent moon and star suspension, chipping evident in the red enamels on one of the raised bars on the centrepiece ring and on the crescent moon of the suspension, on its