Germany, Hj. A Mine Rescue Merit Badge In Silver, By The Prussian Mint Archive with the exterior cover bearing

with the exterior cover bearing a depiction of SS collar tab oak leaves topped by author and title

He was released from his service in 1946

when United States Marines landed on either side of the peninsula

box also extremely fine

Germany, Hj. A Mine Rescue Merit Badge In Silver, By The Prussian Mint Archive with the exterior cover bearing(Grubenrettungswesen Abzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, overlaid by a crossed hammer and chisel, overlaid by a crossed hammer and pickaxe, above a HJ style German national eagle, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS GRUBEN RETTUNGS WESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, maker marked PREUSS. STAATS MNZE for the Prussian State