Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, with Case, by the Prussian Mint Buy Now 70 mm x 88 mm

70 mm x 88 mm

featuring a fold down side and back panels with gently sloping

Knight’s Cross

each card measuring 104 mm (w) x 146 mm (h)

Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, with Case, by the Prussian Mint Buy Now 70 mm x 88 mm(Medaille fr Rettung aus Gefahr mit Etui). 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 mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER) within a circular oak leaf wreath, the edge demonstrating the remnants of the makers mark of the Prussian Mint in Berlin, measuring 49. 88 mm in