Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Newly Listed Assmann” on reverse

Assmann” on reverse

to recover from his wounds

the reverse with a monogram of Duke Ernst II

measuring 60 mm (w) x 80 mm (h)

in turn ring by white enamels inscribed with a gilt order motto of “SINCERE ET CONSTANTER” (“SINCERE AND PERSISTENT”)

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Newly Listed Assmann” on reverse(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 crossed hammer and mallet overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBEN WEHRWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), unmarked, measuring 35. 34 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 3