Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III Newly Listed exhibiting moderate bubbling and contact

exhibiting moderate bubbling and contact marks on the exterior

” (“FOR PROFICIENCY IN THE DJ”)

secured in place with stitching at the outer edge and with a gilded magnetic metal button on the inner edge

standard buckram backing

issued on 20 September 1918

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III Newly Listed exhibiting moderate bubbling and contact(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