Braunschweig, Duchy. A Fire Brigade Medal of Merit Archive with its suspension loop broke

with its suspension loop broke and with oxidation evident throughout

with black paper backing

with hand chiseled rays in each cross quadrant

Humahuaca Star 1817 (in bronze gilt

holes on the reverse exposing the underlying white cotton support

Braunschweig, Duchy. A Fire Brigade Medal of Merit Archive with its suspension loop broke(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