Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, Large Version Auction and an Unidentified Patch (in

and an Unidentified Patch (in black

France on the 19th

It also bears a horizontal pin with an ornate C-catch

each constructed of cardboard-reinforced brown wool

Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, Large Version Auction and an Unidentified Patch (in(Erinnerungsmedaille fr Rettung aus Gefahr). Instituted 22 June 1933 by Paul von Hindenburg. (1934 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle overlaid by a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER), situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Prussian Mint in Berlin,