Germany, Hj. A Mine Rescue Merit Badge, By The Prussian State Mint Auction Archive All sixteen flaps have an

All sixteen flaps have an upward pointing crescent moon stamped upon them

card-stock cover page with double sided pages

takes pleasure in presenting the Legion of Merit to Lieutenant Colonel (Field Artillery) Joseph A

Rare star with unique markings

Marked "Sterling" and "Meyer"

Germany, Hj. A Mine Rescue Merit Badge, By The Prussian State Mint Auction Archive All sixteen flaps have an(Grubenrettungswesen Abzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, overlaid by a crossed hammer and pickaxe, above a HJ style German national eagle, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENST UM DAS GRUBEN RETTUNGS WESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, maker marked PREUSS. STAATS MUENZE for the Prussian State Mint, marked FEINSILBER for pure silver construction,