Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, With Case, By The Prussian Mint GTRexclude faded naming and initials in

faded naming and initials in black ink on the underside

but plane damaged

Footnote: James Alexander Riddell was born in Edinburgh on 30 December 1885

Inset into the obverse of the handle is an insignia consisting of a silvered German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

London & South Western Railway

Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, With Case, By The Prussian Mint GTRexclude faded naming and initials in(Erinnerungsmedaille fr Rettung aus Gefahr). Instituted 22 June 1933 by Paul von Hindenburg. (1934 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle overlaid by a central shield bearing a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER), the edge maker marked PR. MNZE BERLIN for the Prussian Mint in Berlin, with a silver content number of 835 and a