Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Hold engraved "GEORGE SURLAS" on the

engraved "GEORGE SURLAS" on the reverse

A Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Klein & Quenzer

arriving shortly thereafter at Tinian

and to educate the population in favour of the industrial cause

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Hold engraved "GEORGE SURLAS" on the(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