Bavaria, Kingdom. A Fire Brigade 25-Year Long Service Badge, With Case, By Weiss & Co. Auction H Schmidt & Sons

H Schmidt & Sons

Görlitz’s date of birth is given as September 20

The document is dated to April 18

surrounded by a ring of black enamel bearing an inscription of “ORDO TEUT HUMANITATI” (“TEUTONIC HUMANITARIAN ORDER”)

measuring 106 mm (w) x 30 mm (h)

Bavaria, Kingdom. A Fire Brigade 25-Year Long Service Badge, With Case, By Weiss & Co. Auction H Schmidt & Sons(Ehrenzeichen fr Mitglieder der Feuerwehren nach 25 jhriger Dienstzeit). Instituted 24 June 1884 by King Ludwig II. (1884 1914 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, affixed to a bronze backplate with a period original ribbon and horizontal pinback, maker marked WEISS & CO., MNCHEN, measuring 44 mm (w) x 36 mm (h), accompanied by its period original presentation case, constructed of red card stock, the lid with a gilt monogram of King Ludwig II, the