Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration certificate_of_authenticity the reverse of the pages

the reverse of the pages are lined with paper to avoid contact with the photographs on the succeeding page

measuring 80 mm (w) x 72 mm (h)

125 mm x 177 mm)

and housing

circumscribed by “HOU EN TROU” (“LOYAL AND TRUE”)

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration certificate_of_authenticity the reverse of the pages(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 30 January 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 overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBEN WEHRWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), unmarked, measuring 35. 34 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 3