Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, with Case, by the Prussian Mint United Republic of Presidential Letter of Condolence (inscribed

Presidential Letter of Condolence (inscribed "IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF Staff Sergeant John A

the right breast presents an officer’s breast eagle constructed of silver-aluminum wire presenting an eagle with out-stretched wings

December 1940

Irving that it was “Scholander’s single-purpose determination to get to those injured men which finally turned the trick

with IN TREUE FEST

Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, with Case, by the Prussian Mint United Republic of Presidential Letter of Condolence (inscribed(Erinnerungsmedaille fr Rettung aus Gefahr mit Etui). 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 shield bearing a raised mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR RETTUNG AUS GEFAHR (FOR RESCUE FROM DANGER), situated within a circular oak leaf wreath, the edge stamped with a silver content number of 835, flanked by a