Description
Golden-yellow machine embroidery on a dark blue Kriegsmarine cotton blended fabric
A War Merit Cross Fist Class 1939 by Wilhelm Deumer - In zinc
with holes from binder
Howard Hampden Burnham was born in Toronto
the reverse with two visible rivets securing the applique in place
Germany, Third Reich. A Medal For Rescue From Danger Auction Golden-yellow machine embroidery on a(Erinnerungsmedaille fr Rettung aus Gefahr). Instituted 22 June 1933 by Paul von Hindenburg. (1934 145 issue). Constructed of neusilber, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle overlaid by a shield bearing a raised mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER), within a circular oak leaf wreath, unmarked, measuring 49. 84 mm in diameter, weighing 55. 8 grams, with minor