Germany, Hj. A Mine Rescue Merit Badge In Silver, By The Prussian Mint Auction Archive that he had sixteen years'

that he had sixteen years' Imperial service (York and Lancaster Regiment) and eight months with the 139th Infantry Battalion

awarded to Chief Mechanic (Observer) T

gilt eagle riveted to a pebbled field surrounded by a full wreath of oak leaves

He was appointed Lance Corporal on July 1

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Germany, Hj. A Mine Rescue Merit Badge In Silver, By The Prussian Mint Auction Archive that he had sixteen years'(Grubenrettungswesen Abzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, overlaid by a crossed hammer and chisel, overlaid by a crossed hammer and pickaxe, above a HJ style German national eagle, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS GRUBEN RETTUNGS WESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, maker marked PREUSS. STAATS MNZE for the Prussian State