Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Medal certificate_of_authenticity contact marks and wear on

contact marks and wear on the obverse

He was excused (from) all parades till April 3rd when he reported sick

He was transferred to the CEF on September 21

Three with a two-piece construction

1940 as part of the 1940-1941 building programme

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Medal certificate_of_authenticity contact marks and wear on(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945). Constructed of a silvered bronze alloy, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a crossed hammer and pickaxe, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBENWEHRWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), unmarked, measuring 35. 11 mm in diameter, weighing 17. 3 grams