Germany, Third Reich. A Fire-Fighting Service Badge, C.1934 GTRexclude Dritte Stufe” embossed in black

Dritte Stufe” embossed in black ink

do by these Presents Constitute and Appoint you to be an Officer in Our Active Air Force of Our Dominion of Canada from the Twenty-fifth day of September 1941

2nd Gurkha Rifles

obverse illustrating a tank with an angled swastika above

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire-Fighting Service Badge, C.1934 GTRexclude Dritte Stufe” embossed in black(Erinnerungszeichen Verdienste um das Feuerlschwesen). An oval silver badge, the obverse presenting a firefighter with helmet blowing a fire horn he holds in his right hand while holding a hose in his left, below is a burning house, with smoke and flames coming through the roof, circumscribed by the inscription FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT TO THE FIRE FIGHTING), the reverse presents a vertical pinback, maker marked PREUSS.