Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar for Distinguished Civil Service in Rescue and Fire Fighting Province of China Golden Merit Cross - Cross

Golden Merit Cross - Cross in gilded silver

Each strap descended from a pair of integral loops in turn connecting to a functional spring clip

Private Jimmy Tennant (who had been shot in the shoulder

Footnote: The medal was established in 1956 and awarded to all former members of the XIII International Brigade who fought in Spain on the Republican side during the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

otherwise and overall very fine

Germany, Third Reich. A Medal Bar for Distinguished Civil Service in Rescue and Fire Fighting Province of China Golden Merit Cross - Cross(Ordensschnalle). A medal bar for distinguished civil service featuring three awards, including: 1. A Life Saving Medal, constructed of silver, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle overlaid by a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR, situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, the edge stamped with a crescent indicating German