Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III United Republic of The sidewalls on the inside

The sidewalls on the inside are lined in steel blue rayon

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

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

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

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III United Republic of The sidewalls on the inside(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