Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen, Principality. A Rare Fire Brigade Long Service Clasp Newly Listed Senior Pilot Badge (in die-stamped

Senior Pilot Badge (in die-stamped bronze gilt

on bow ribbon

the son of Thomas William Gagen and Elizabeth Gagen of Gypsumville

They measure 210 mm x 296 mm

1929 Identity Card No

Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen, Principality. A Rare Fire Brigade Long Service Clasp Newly Listed Senior Pilot Badge (in die-stamped(Feuerwehr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 11 June 1895 by Prince Karl Gnther. (1895 1918 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse consistent of a rectangular plaque bearing a central Schwarzburg Rudolstadt coat of arms, flanked on the left by an intertwined hose and ropes and on the right by a firemans helmet above crossed axes, affixed to a square backer retaining an intact original ribbon, the reverse with a barrel hinge and flattened catch, unmarked,