Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Hold A Knight's Cross of the

A Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Klein & Quenzer

trapping and fishing equipment

engraved "GEORGE SURLAS" on the reverse

the division moved into the corps reserve at Sangerhausen

when Bukhara became a Russian protectorate

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Hold A Knight's Cross of the(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