Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Award, by the Prussian Mint Auction which had been badly bombed

which had been badly bombed by the Japanese

(25 Jahre Trudienstabzeichen)

the obverse with a rightward-facing profile of Prince Friedrich of Hohenzollern circumscribed by name and title

representing: Canada (5)

measuring 25 mm (w) x 110 mm (l)

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Award, by the Prussian Mint Auction which had been badly bombed(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse consisting of a Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, overlaid by a crossed hammer and mallet, situated above a Free State of Prussia style German national eagle clutching a sword and cluster of lightning bolts, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS GRUBEN RETTUNGS WESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), the reverse bearing a makers mark of PREUSS. STAATS MUENZE for the Prussian