Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Province of China Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service & Good Conduct Medal - George V (PRIVATE P

The engine was hit and the hostile machine brought down

Enamelled insignia that is free of chips

and Franz Bahla

88 mm x 187 mm

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Province of China Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service(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