Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Province of China A Second War Croatian Guard

A Second War Croatian Guard Unit (H

The album presents fully intact

repair evident on the reverse)

Shark (1936) and Sea Lion (1937-39)

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Province of China A Second War Croatian Guard(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised 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 WESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), situated within a semi circular oak leaf wreath, unmarked,