Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III United Republic of In addition to the detached

In addition to the detached leather features

marked "III" (Third Class) and numbered "27498" on the reverse

marked “Gesetzlich Geschützt” on the reverse

The sidewalls on the inside are lined in steel blue rayon

with a single circular border

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III United Republic of In addition to the detached(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen, 3. Form). Instituted 30 April 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a crossed hammer and mallet, defaced by a raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBEN WEHRWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), unmarked, measuring 35. 12 mm in diameter, weighing