Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, with Case, by the Prussian Mint visually-hidden - 61181 PTE

- 61181 PTE

42 mm (h - inclusive of the crown with the cross)

(Ehrenmedaille in Silber)

Decoration for Outstanding Merit to the Country Defence League

Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS „Handschar“ Fes)

Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, with Case, by the Prussian Mint visually-hidden - 61181 PTE(Medaille fr Rettung aus Gefahr mit Etui). Instituted 22 June 1933 by Paul von Hindenburg. (1934 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle overlaid by a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER) within a circular oak leaf wreath, the edge demonstrating the remnants of the makers mark of the Prussian Mint in Berlin, measuring 49. 88 mm in