Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Newly Listed to recover from his wounds

to recover from his wounds

but textbook Bertrand

measuring 60 mm (w) x 80 mm (h)

Accompanied by a copy of his Particulars of Recruit Drafted Under Military Service Act 1917 Paper

the reverse with a monogram of Duke Ernst II

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Newly Listed to recover from his wounds(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 crossed hammer and mallet overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBEN WEHRWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), unmarked, measuring 35. 34 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 3