Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class, with Case Buy Now Heard was in action and

Heard was in action and suffered gun shot (shrapnel) wounds to his chest and right thumb

a blue enamel cross is on his breastplate and his shield bears “QUIS UT DEUS” (Who (is) like God

the head affixed to the badge via two prongs and framed by an open-ended wreath and crown in silvered bullion wire

adorned by surmounted Serbian crown and enameled blue tassels

consisting of a German national eagle with open wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika with a banner underneath dated “1939”

Germany, Third Reich. A Fire Brigade Honour Award, II Class, with Case Buy Now Heard was in action and(Reichsfeuerwehr Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 22 June 1936 by Wilhelm Frick. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, consisting of a Geneva Cross with its arms joined through the quadrants by a circular ring bearing an obverse inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM FEUERLSCHWESEN (FOR MERIT IN FIRE FIGHTING), the obverse of the cross with white