Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Service Decoration, II. Class Cross, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac flanked by silvered metal initials

flanked by silvered metal initials “AW” (possibly for “Aufwärter”

He was promoted to the rank of SS-Obersturmbannführer on January 30th

A Second War Allied Italy Campaign Star

flanked by the date “1944” and below the inscription “Pistole” (Pistol)

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Service Decoration, II. Class Cross, c. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac flanked by silvered metal initials(Feuerwehrehrenzeichen). Instituted June 22nd, 1936. Two piece construction in silvered bronze, white, black, and red enamels, with a band in the quadrants between the arms of the cross inscribed with Fr Verdienste im Feuerlschwesen (For Merit in Fire Fighting) in capitalised German lettering, the obverse with a white enamelled Greek cross bearing red enamelled flames on all arms of the cross with a central medallion bearing a mobile black enamelled