the text remains in extremely fine condition
measuring 30 mm (w) x 1300 mm (l)
13 July 1934: Transferred to the 9th (13th) 100-Man Detachment of the Hamburg Police
presents light gilt wear and contact marks
Footnote: The 69th Overseas Field Battery was organized in Toronto
Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Medal, Type Iii consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac the text remains in extremely(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,