Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Archive the cover bearing a silvered

the cover bearing a silvered Wehrmacht eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika above an inscription of “14

silver gilt and flawless enamels

61 mm (w) x 79

Issues consistent with light wear are evident

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Archive the cover bearing a silvered(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