Germany, Imperial. A Province of Hannover Twenty-Five Year Loyalty Service with the Fire Brigade Badge, c.1910
(Feuerwehr-Ehrenzeichen für 25 Jahre). Instituted 16 June 1901 by the Provincial Fire Brigade of Hannover. Constructed of silvered bronze, obverse bears the inscription “FUR 25 JAHRIGE TREUE DIENSTE DER FEURWEHR VERBAND PROVINZ DER HANNOVER” (FOR 25 YEARS OF LOYALTY SERVICE THE FIRE BRIGADE BANDAGED PROVINCE OF HANNOVER), with a shield bearing a left facing horse at the bottom, affixed to a backplate with a period original ribbon, the reverse with a barrel hinge and horizontal pinback meeting a round wire catch, measuring 54.54 mm (w) x 41.60 mm (h), fine.