Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Commander Badge (CBE) first type

Commander Badge (CBE) first type

66mm (w) x 114

Accompanied by an independent ribbon blue and white ribbon with pinback

A badge constructed of gilded zink

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Service Decoration, Type III consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Commander Badge (CBE) first type(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