Germany, Third Reich. A Thuringia Fire Brigade Academy Badge United Republic of Rafael José Urdaneta y Faría

Rafael José Urdaneta y Faría (1788-1845) was a leading military and political figure in the early Nineteenth Century wars of independence against Spain and in the newly-independent Republic of Venezuela

a cockade with a metal anchor and gold bullion

5 mm x 182 mm

for his services to Ireland at Easter 1916"

A year after his retirement from the RCAF

Germany, Third Reich. A Thuringia Fire Brigade Academy Badge United Republic of Rafael José Urdaneta y Faría(Thringer Feuerwehr Schule Abzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a red and white enameled Thuringian lion rampant clutching a mobile swastika on a blue background, topped by a helmet and crossed axes, circumscribed by an inscription of THRINGER FEUERWEHR SCHULE, the reverse with an attachment clip, unmarked, measuring 27 mm (w) x 38 mm (h), some chipping of enamels evident, in near extremely