Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Medal, Type Iii GTRexclude measuring 74 mm (w) x

measuring 74 mm (w) x 122 mm (h)

and friction or internal issues within the scabbard which render insertion of the blade difficult

He joined the military in the early 1930s

and “Josef Feix & Söhne

enamel chipping as noted on the two Turkish awards

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Medal, Type Iii GTRexclude measuring 74 mm (w) x(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen 3. Form). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised and crossed hammer and mallet, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBEN WEHRWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), unmarked, measuring 35. 35 mm in diameter,