Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and clusters of three gilt

and clusters of three gilt rays in each quadrant

and oval shaped loose French double barrelled ring

Measuring 81x136mm

66mm (w) x 114

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac and clusters of three gilt(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