Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal Newly Listed a postwar shell

a postwar shell

5307th Composite Group (Provisional) "Merrill's Marauders"

Great Britain in 1985

of Berlin” on the reverse

Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal Newly Listed a postwar shell(Rettungsmedaille). Instituted 22 June 1933. (1933 1945 issue). Constructed of a silvered alloy, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle overlaid by a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER), unmarked, measuring 24. 33 mm in diameter, weighing 9. 0 grams (inclusive of ribbon) demonstrating minor loss of finish