Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Hold with a manufacture date of

with a manufacture date of “1940” and a size mark of “55 ½”

and to educate the population in favour of the industrial cause

with a small mothing hole

with stick pin miniature

arriving shortly thereafter at Tinian

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Hold with a manufacture date of(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