Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, Ii Class With Ribbon Bar, By Glaser & Sohn GTRexclude and Army (Heer) Breast Eagle

and Army (Heer) Breast Eagle (fine aluminum wire and two-toned green embroidered insignia

measuring 48 mm

the reverse with a central medallion bearing the monogram of Leopold II

(Preparatory Technical School of the Luftwaffe)

Cary Smith Loud Vaughan was a member of the Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry and the Daughters of the American Revolution

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Decoration, Ii Class With Ribbon Bar, By Glaser & Sohn GTRexclude and Army (Heer) Breast Eagle(Reichsfeuerwehr Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse mit Bandschnalle). Instituted 22 June 1936 by Wilhelm Frick. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension, consisting of a Geneva Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by a circular ring bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), the obverse with white enameled arms overlaid by stylized red flames,