Saxony, Kingdom. A Mint Honour Badge for 25 Years of Fire Brigade Service, with Case, by G.A. Scharffenberg Auction a Luftschutz cap insignia

a Luftschutz cap insignia

It is unmarked with the exception of a black ink size mark of “56” on one of the fingers

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16 mm (w) x 56

Over the sweatband is an illegible name handwritten in ink

Saxony, Kingdom. A Mint Honour Badge for 25 Years of Fire Brigade Service, with Case, by G.A. Scharffenberg Auction a Luftschutz cap insignia(Ehrenzeichen fr Mitglieder der Feuerwehren fr 25 Jahre mit Etui). Instituted 11 May 1885 by King Albert. (1885 1918 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with silver consisting of bronze base embroidered with a period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a silver Saxon coat of arms, situated within a gilded bronze frame featuring a firemans helmet and equipment flanked by laurel and oak leaves, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback