Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Archive The front panel designed with

The front panel designed with areas for various entries and numbered "4680/000266" at the bottom

silver gilt and flawless enamels

measuring 30 mm (w) x 352 mm (l)

he was stationed to occupy northern Norway

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Archive The front panel designed with(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