A Fire Brigade Honour Badge 1st Class., Slightly cambered pinned cross with waisted needle, non-ferrous metal, enamelled and silvered, in a brown imitation leather case (fastening ribbon torn). Diameter 58 mm. Included is the large award document (damaged) to SS-Obergruppenführer August Heißmeyer dated 20 April 1937 with blind-stamped seal and facsimile(?) Himmler signature. August Heißmeyer, born 11 January 1897, was a Lieutenant in 1916, Free Corps member 1919, SA Commandant in Göttingen 1925, acting Gauleiter of Hanover in 1928 and SS-Sturmführer in 1931. In,

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