Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the cover bearing gilt embossments

the cover bearing gilt embossments

and while the Russians were closing in

The left cuff has a Mechanized Transport Equipment proficiency badge sewn in place

with Four Clasps - Silver Bravery Medal 2nd

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Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the cover bearing gilt embossments(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