Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Auction the reverse with a crimped

the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular crimped badge

41 mm x 44

John by the Prince of Wales

with a swastika with emanating rays between the antlers and a ribbon banner below inscribed “D

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Auction the reverse with a crimped(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised crossed hammer and mallet, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBEN WESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), situated within a semi circular oak leaf wreath, unmarked,