Baden, Grand Duchy. A Fire Service Long Service Bar Auction III Class Bronze Grade Merit

III Class Bronze Grade Merit Medal

with a cotton-lined tongue attached to the underside of the boards

which was later changed after her death to her sister

the blouse exhibiting a few holes on either side of the central rear seam

with the eagle wearing the royal crown on its head and holding a reef knotted rope in its talons

Baden, Grand Duchy. A Fire Service Long Service Bar Auction III Class Bronze Grade Merit(Ehrenzeichen fr Mitglieder der freiwilligen Feuerwehr). Instituted on 3 November 1920. Type I. (1920 1934 Issue). A gilded bronze frame, the centre presenting the inscription 25 JAHRE DIENST BEI DER FREIWILLIGEN FEUERWEHR (25 YEARS VOLUNTEER FIRE SERVICE), mounted to a period original red and yellow striped ribbon, reverse present horizontal pinback, measuring 38. 74 mm (w) x 38. 98 mm (h), and in extremely fine condition.