Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration certificate_of_authenticity Henry James Sheppard of Niagara

Henry James Sheppard of Niagara Falls

for 9 Years of Service

circumscribed by “HOU EN TROU” (“LOYAL AND TRUE”)

52 mm x 21

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration certificate_of_authenticity Henry James Sheppard of Niagara(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