FIRE CROSSS





Awarded to all that shortly after the war received the so called "Fire Card", i.e. all who came under fire at the front. Holders of this card also received a plaque in either French or Flemish, according to their mother tongue. The decoration is a bronze cross with short, broad arms and was instituted on 6 February 1934 it is worn immediately after the Yser Medal (or Cross) and could not be awarded posthumously.


Variation 1 : close up of the front



classification : B001-01
big cannon
21 lines vertical
15 lines horizontal



Variation 1 : close up of the back



classification : B001-01



Variation 1 : special features



classification : B001-01
2 lines on the upper right corner not symetric



Variation 2 : close up of the front



classification : B001-02
big cannon
21 lines vertical
15 lines horizontal



Variation 2 : close up of the back



classification : B001-02



Variation 2: special features



classification B001-02
2 lines on the upper right corner symetric



Variation 3: close up of the front



classification B001-03
big cannon
29 lines vertical
21 lines horizontal



Variation 3 : close up of the back



classification B001-03



Variation 3 : special features



classification B001-03
at the bottom of the back there is a error



Variation 4 : close up of the front



classification B001-04
rare short cannon



Variation 4 : close up of the back



classification B001-04



Variation 4 : special features



classification B001-04
rare short cannon



Variation 5 : close up of the front



classification B001-05
small cannon
small size medal



Variation 5 : close up of the back



classification B001-05



Variation 5 : special features



classification B001-05
22 mm high



Variation 6 : close up of the front



classification B001-06
small cannon



Variation 6 : close up of the back



classification B001-06



Variation 6 : special features



classification B001-06
strange "P"



Variation 7 : close up of the front



classification B001-07
small cannon
rectangular "P"
17 lines vertical
13 lines horizontal



Variation 7 : close up of the back



classification B001-07



Variation 7: special features



classification B001-07
rectangular "P"



Variation 8 : close up of the front



classification B001-08
small cannon
rectangular "P"
22 lines vertical
15 lines horizontal



Variation 8 : close up of the back



classification B001-08



Variation 8 : special features



classification B001-08
Rectangular "P"



Variation 9 : close up of the front



classification B001-09
small cannon
round "P"



Variation 9 : close up of the back



classification B001-09



Variation 9 : special features



classification B001-09
round "P"
long lines at the bottom



Variation 10 : close up of the front



classification B001-10
small cannon
round "P"
same as variation 9 but a restrike



Variation 10 : close up of the back



classification B001-10



Variation 10 : special features



classification B001-10
4 strange extra lines
material is to new



Variation 11 : close up of the front



classification B001-11
hollow example
for display purpose in a shop



Variation 11 : close up of the back



classification B001-11



Variation 11 : special features



classification B001-11
very much detail at the back



Variation 12 : close up of the front



classification B001-12
small cannon
round "P"



Variation 12 : close up of the back



classification B001-12



Variation 12 : special features



classification B001-12
round "P"
short lines at the bottom



Variation 13 : close up of the front



CLASSIFICATION : B001-13
BIG CANNON
20 LINES VERTICAL
15 LINES HORIZONTAL



Variation 13 : close up of the back



classification B001-13



Variation 13 : special features



classification B001-13
very much detail in the date



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