Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Award, by the Prussian Mint Archive the exterior hunter case presents

the exterior hunter case presents an Austriancoat of arms on a crowned double headed eagle with intricate floral border

measuring 24 mm (w) x 26

It was withdrawn from the Eastern Front entirely in August 1944

chipping and crazing evident in the blue enamels on the ribbon banner and in the red enamels on the centrepiece above "1882" on the reverse

the National Order of Merit

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Award, by the Prussian Mint Archive the exterior hunter case presents(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