Аукцион Bidspirit | German Fire Brigade 25-Year Long

German Fire Brigade 25-Year Long Service Medal - An oval medal in a dark-toned metal, one side featuring a fire helmet flanked by foliate branches above crossed axes, the other inscribed ”FÜR 25 JÄHRIGE DIENSTZEIT” (”For 25 Years of Service”). The medal is suspended from a striped ribbon in blue and white. Awards of this type were issued to members of German fire brigades to recognize long and dedicated service, with the specific design and lettering typically corresponding to a particular German state or municipal fire service. Long service awards of this kind were instituted by individual German states and municipalities in the 19th and early 20th centuries to honour firemen, most of whom served as volunteers in local brigades, for decades of dedicated service to their communities. Firefighting in this period was organised at the state or town level rather than nationally, so designs, inscriptions, and ribbon colours varied widely, often reflecting the arms or livery colours of the issuing authority. Such medals were typically presented at ceremonial parades or brigade anniversaries and were worn with pride as a mark of civic recognition rather than military distinction.