Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, With Case, By The Prussian Mint Archive Markley and Cornelius Gardener at

Markley and Cornelius Gardener at Fort McKinley

The order had five classes: Grand Cross

and a Luftwaffe Eagle

the cap measuring 21

exhibiting light wear overall

Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, With Case, By The Prussian Mint Archive Markley and Cornelius Gardener at(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 by a central shield bearing a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a wreathed inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER), the edge maker marked PR. MNZE BERLIN for the Prussian Mint in Berlin, with a silver content number of 835 and a