Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Auction John by the Prince of

John by the Prince of Wales

the reverse with a crimped hinge and vertical pinback meeting a round wire catch emanating from a circular crimped badge

he enlisted with the 12th

surrounded by a silver knurled ring bordering a broad ring of red enamels

their attack

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Auction John by the Prince of(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 raised crossed hammer and mallet, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBEN WESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), situated within a semi circular oak leaf wreath, unmarked,