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 mounted to a bronze gilt

mounted to a bronze gilt cross base

green oxidation evident throughout on both sides

A grouping of three German third reich period medals

Constructed of light brown camel hair

Accompanied by an independent ribbon blue and white ribbon with pinback

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 mounted to a bronze 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