Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III Auction one badge maker marked with

one badge maker marked with a Reichszeugmeisterei (RZM) logo and code “M1/172” for Walter & Henlein

Replacement ribbon

three packages of Johnson & Johnson Brunswick gauze

marked on reverse with logo of Assmann company

slight hand-vaulted

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III Auction one badge maker marked with(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