Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Archive After eight days at No

After eight days at No

featuring a black enamelled cross surrounded by a green enamel wreath with a scaled background in the negative space

He was officially discharged from the Canadian Engineers on August 13

reverse centre presents central principal pin assembly

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Archive After eight days at No(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 crossed hammer and mallet overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBEN WEHRWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), unmarked, measuring 35. 34 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 3