Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Mine Rescue Commemorative Badge GTRexclude August 1941

August 1941

He received his B

circa 1820-30 period manufacture

culminating in the city’s capture on 15 September 1842

two prongs on top of the badge had been period replaced with horizontal pin

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Mine Rescue Commemorative Badge GTRexclude August 1941(Grubenwehr Erinnerungszeichen). A commemorative mine rescue badge, constructed of feinsilver, the obverse presents a Maltese cross bearing crossed hammers, with a Prussian eagle holding a sword and lightning bolts, bearing a swastika across its chest, surrounded by the inscription FR VERDIENST UM DAS GRUBEN RETTUNGS WESEN (FOR MERIT FOR THE MINE RESCUE), the reverse presents a horizontal pinback, the reverse is engraved PREUSS STAATS MUENZE (PRUSSIA