Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, Large Version United Republic of (Division Großdeutschland Porträt)

(Division Großdeutschland Porträt)

Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Andrzej Ożegowski

Few marks on the scabbard

goes to his brother

the obverse lid with a gold embossed Polish national eagle

Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, Large Version United Republic of (Division Großdeutschland Porträt)(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 mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER), situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, unmarked but demonstrating the characteristics of manufacture by the Prussian Mint in Berlin,