Sweden, Kingdom. A Cased Firefigther’s Medal for Courage in Danger and Civic Zeal, c. 1920 Hold Gilt lettering

Gilt lettering

Picture postcard & signature of Oak Leaves and Swords recipient Major Waldemar von Gazen

brilliant cut rubies in the shape of a cross

and overall in very condition

The Curacoa sank in six minutes

Sweden, Kingdom. A Cased Firefigther’s Medal for Courage in Danger and Civic Zeal, c. 1920 Hold Gilt lettering(Medalj fr Mod I Fara Och Medborgariver). Instituted in late 1893. A circular silver medal, the obverse bearing a Blackbird with its wings up in the air, surrounded by the inscription Stdernas Allmnna Brandfrsvarsbolag (General Fire Department), the reverse officially inscribed Brandmstaren Nils Caselius (Fire Master Nils Caselius), circumscribed by Fr Mod I Faror Och Medborgariver (For Courage in Danger and Civic Zeal), suspended from an elaborate