Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Newly Listed measuring 38mm

measuring 38mm

this rare cap is in an overall extremely fine condition

Queen's Royal Regiment Cap Badge (two-piece construction

black cotton mesh backer

slight wear on reverse center

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Newly Listed measuring 38mm(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBEN WEHRWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), unmarked, measuring 35. 36 mm in diameter, weighing 21. 0 grams, in