Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III United Republic of marked "III" (Third Class) and

marked "III" (Third Class) and numbered "27498" on the reverse

measuring 28 mm (w) x 32 mm (h)

Above the logo is a TeNo-style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika

the “Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42 medaille”

An ovular navy wool backer with a central gilded multi-cogged wheel superimposed over two upwards facing crossed artillery barrels superimposed over an anchor

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III United Republic of marked "III" (Third Class) and(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