Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, With Case, By The Prussian Mint Auction A Bronze Grade Infantry Badge

A Bronze Grade Infantry Badge by Hermann Wernstein - In die stamped bronzed fine zinc

After almost three years' service in the Mediterranean

five emanating rays between each arm

Footnote: Jan Stašek was born in 1907 in the town of Kunovice

Malta Convoys (1940-1942) and Arctic Convoys (1941-1942)

Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, With Case, By The Prussian Mint Auction A Bronze Grade Infantry Badge(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