Saxony, Kingdom. A Fire Brigade Long Service Clasp Hold Commander - Type IV (1875-1931)

Commander - Type IV (1875-1931)

who shortly after lost their status as POWs and were sent to Labour Camps in violation of the Geneva Convention

Three signatures in blue crayon are made by Squadron Captain Heinz Fontana

A plebiscite was planned to determine what the wishes of the Austrian people were

Saxony, Kingdom. A Fire Brigade Long Service Clasp Hold Commander - Type IV (1875-1931)(Feuerwehr Dienstauszeichnung). Constructed of gilded and silvered bronze, affixed to a bronze backplate with a horizontal pinback and period original length of ribbon, unmarked, measuring 42 mm (w) x 35 mm (h), in better than very fine condition.