Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Auction Archive 5 x 19 x 3cm)

5 x 19 x 3cm) with enameled Cross (27mm) imbedded on lower part

is inquiring about her late husband’s belongings

magnetic metal buttons on the right flap meeting an equal number of reinforced buttonholes on the left flap

the insignia mounted to a nickel-plated bronze base via two rivets

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Auction Archive 5 x 19 x 3cm)(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBEN WEHRWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), unmarked, measuring 35. 36 mm in diameter, weighing 21. 0 grams, in