Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar for Distinguished Civil Service in Rescue and Fire Fighting Province of China Golden Merit Cross - Cross

Golden Merit Cross - Cross in gilded silver

otherwise and overall very fine

Each strap descended from a pair of integral loops in turn connecting to a functional spring clip

and served throughout the war in the operations in the north of Cape Colony

58 mm (h) (including crown)

Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar for Distinguished Civil Service in Rescue and Fire Fighting Province of China Golden Merit Cross - Cross(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for distinguished civil service featuring three awards, including: 1. A Life Saving Medal, constructed of silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle overlaid by a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR, situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, the edge stamped with a crescent indicating German