Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III United Republic of Above the logo is a

Above the logo is a TeNo-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

marked “Gesetzlich Geschützt” on the reverse

with a single circular border

the “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 medaille”

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III United Republic of Above the logo is a(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