Germany, Hj. A Mine Rescue Merit Badge, By The Prussian State Mint Hold and they don’t expect it

and they don’t expect it to ever completely go away

great details

1946 at No

The interior of the cap is fully lined in grey rayon

gilt wear on the obverse and edge

Germany, Hj. A Mine Rescue Merit Badge, By The Prussian State Mint Hold and they don’t expect it(Grubenrettungswesen Abzeichen). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, overlaid by a crossed hammer and pickaxe, above a HJ style German national eagle, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENST UM DAS GRUBEN RETTUNGS WESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, maker marked PREUSS. STAATS MUENZE for the Prussian State Mint, marked FEINSILBER for pure silver construction,