Braunschweig, Duchy. A Fire Brigade Medal of Merit Archive A ribbon bar featuring a

A ribbon bar featuring a Merit Cross Second Class ribbon with Swords

It is flanked on each side by a single ventilation hole

with hand chiseled rays in each cross quadrant

General King and his wife lived in the Carlton Hotel in Milwaukee

Decorative metal fixtures are secured to both the tip and throat with dual side rivets

Braunschweig, Duchy. A Fire Brigade Medal of Merit Archive A ribbon bar featuring a(Ehrenzeichen fr Verdienste um die Feuerwehr). Instituted 25 April 1912 by Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg. (1912 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised Braunschweig coat of arms, circumscribed by an inscription of GOTT ZUR EHR, DEM NCHSTEN ZUR WEHR (GOD TO HONOUR, NEIGHBOUR TO DEFEND), the reverse bearing a central raised firemans helmet overlaying crossed