Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Auction Archive each stitched to a card

each stitched to a card stock backer bearing a handwritten German-language caption

consisting of a Latin Cross with its quadrants joined by stylized sun rays

"From 8 April 1945 to 25 April 1945 Lieutenant Howitt acted as Rear Link Officer during a period of heavy fighting leading up to and including the Kusten Canal bridgehead

5 x 19 x 3cm) with enameled Cross (27mm) imbedded on lower part

Most of the badges are embroidered and come in a variety of colours

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Auction Archive each stitched to a card(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered tombak, 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 an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBEN WEHRWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), unmarked, measuring 35. 36 mm in diameter, weighing 21. 0 grams, in