Germany, Hj. A Mine Rescue Merit Badge In Silver, By The Prussian Mint Archive 1899 in Wicklow

1899 in Wicklow

The Story of the Old Front Revisited" by Corporal Will R

with the exterior cover bearing a depiction of SS collar tab oak leaves topped by author and title

five are American

box also extremely fine

Germany, Hj. A Mine Rescue Merit Badge In Silver, By The Prussian Mint Archive 1899 in Wicklow(Grubenrettungswesen Abzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, overlaid by a crossed hammer and chisel, overlaid by a crossed hammer and pickaxe, above a HJ style German national eagle, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS GRUBEN RETTUNGS WESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, maker marked PREUSS. STAATS MNZE for the Prussian State