Czechoslovakia, First Republic. A Silesia Fire Brigade Merit Medal certificate_of_authenticity Phillips and Donald J

Phillips and Donald J

measuring 72 mm (w) x 38 mm (h)

5 mm x 79 mm

maker marked “Hoffstätter Bonn” on the reverse

sun glare and the all too frequent occurrence of oil leaking into the slipstream and covering the pilot

Czechoslovakia, First Republic. A Silesia Fire Brigade Merit Medal certificate_of_authenticity Phillips and Donald JConstructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, on loop for suspension, the obverse consisting of a central blue enameled disc, overlaid by a golden yellow shield bearing a black Silesian Eagle, within a ring of red enamel bearing a gilt inscription of ZEMSK HASISK JEDNOTA SLEZSK ZA ZSLUHY (SILESIAN FIRE BRIGADE FOR MERIT), topped by a firemans helmet and axe, fully surrounded by a ring of green enameled leaf branches joined together at the bottom