Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Archive Houston was struck off strength

Houston was struck off strength to the Canadian Railway Troops Depot at Purfleet

A bronze medal for 25 years of service

that he was single and that his trade was that of Stone Cutter

unspoiled edges

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Decoration Archive Houston was struck off strength(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