Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac but weighed only 66 kg

but weighed only 66 kg (145 lbs)

patina from age)

Ulbrichts Witwe) and mounted on the War ribbon

the obverse bears the inscription “Friedrich August Medaille” with arabesque detailing at the top and bottom

91 mm x 46

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac but weighed only 66 kg(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 30 January 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 overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBEN WEHRWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), unmarked, measuring 35. 34 mm in diameter, weighing 23. 3