VINTAGE BAVARIA FIRE SERVICE DECORATION 25 YEAR SERVICE MEDAL 1884-1918 ISSUE

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VINTAGE BAVARIA FIRE SERVICE DECORATION 25 YEAR SERVICE MEDAL 1884-1918 ISSUE:
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GILT BRONZE BADGE IN BUCKLE FORM; THE FACE WITH A VERTICALLY HATCHED GROUND WITH THE CROWNED ARMS OF BAVARIA CENTRALLY WITH A FIREMAN\'S HELMENT AND CROSSED AXES AND LADDERS BELOW, IMPOSED ON A HORIZONTAL PLAQUE INSCRIBED \'XXV JAHR. DIENSTZEIT. ON ORIGINAL FADED RIBBON. THE DECORATION WAS INSTITUTED BYKING LUDWIG 11 ON JUNE 1884 FOR THOSE MEMBERS OF THE VOLUNTARY FIRE SERVICE WHO HAVE GIVEN 25 YEARS SERVICE CHARACTERISED BY LOYALITY AND ZEAL. THE DECORATION WAS SUPRESSED AT THE END OF 1918 AND HAD NOT BEEN AWARDED SINCE 1915. BY WEISS & CO. OF MUNICH.MEASURING1 5/8\" X 1 1/2\", A TRUE PICTURE OF HISTORY.