Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, by the Berlin Mint Republic of 52 mm x 86 mm

52 mm x 86 mm inclusive of crown suspension

WWII Atlantic Star with Bar - AIR CREW EUROPE

who served with the Luftwaffe Field Battalion (a probationary unit with a notoriously high casualty rate)

chipping evident in the enamels throughout

before being invalided to Canada

Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, by the Berlin Mint Republic of 52 mm x 86 mm(Erinnerungsmedaille fr Rettung aus Gefahr). Instituted 22 June 1933 by Paul von Hindenburg. (1934 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle, overlaid across its chest by a shield bearing a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER), surrounded by a circular oak leaf wreath, the edge marked with a crescent indicating German manufacture, a