Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III United Republic of An ovular navy wool backer

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

a tab with a smooth finished dark brown upper stitched in place on the underside at the left end

with a single circular border

marked “Gesetzlich Geschützt” on the reverse

Bohemia and Moravia (BuM) Mailer Card (dated 1944

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III United Republic of An ovular navy wool backer(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