Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III United Republic of marked “Gesetzlich Geschützt” on the

marked “Gesetzlich Geschützt” on the reverse

Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom

marked "III" (Third Class) and numbered "27498" on the reverse

measuring 28 mm (w) x 32 mm (h)

An ovular navy wool backer with a central gilded multi-cogged wheel superimposed over two upwards facing crossed artillery barrels superimposed over an anchor

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III United Republic of marked “Gesetzlich Geschützt” on the(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