Germany, Third Reich. A Commemorative Medal For Rescue From Danger, With Parade Mount, By The Prussian Mint GTRexclude the other measuring 215 mm

the other measuring 215 mm x 278 mm

two headed eagle with 1914

It was awarded to military and civilian personnel for meritorious service to the national red cross organization

5 mm (w) x 48 mm (h)

Germany, Third Reich. A Commemorative Medal For Rescue From Danger, With Parade Mount, By The Prussian Mint GTRexclude the other measuring 215 mm(Erinnerungsmedaille fr Rettung aus Gefahr). Instituted 22 June 1933 by Paul von Hindenburg. (1934 1945 issue). Constructed of silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon on a parade mount with a horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a raised German national eagle overlaid by a central mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER), the edge stamped with a crescent