Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III Auction Replacement ribbon

Replacement ribbon

slight hand-vaulted

Luftwaffe Special Achievement Plaque - (SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE)

It features riveted air vents and a smooth crimped finished edge along the entire helmet

marked on reverse with logo of Assmann company

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III Auction Replacement ribbon(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen, 3. Form). Instituted 30 April 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a crossed hammer and mallet, defaced by a raised 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. 12 mm in diameter, weighing