Germany, Hj. A Mine Rescue Merit Badge In Silver, By The Prussian Mint Archive when United States Marines landed

when United States Marines landed on either side of the peninsula

and all survivors were picked up by a Dutch Dornier 24 bomber

Footnote: 38010415 Private First Class Thomas E

He was released from his service in 1946

with the exterior cover bearing a depiction of SS collar tab oak leaves topped by author and title

Germany, Hj. A Mine Rescue Merit Badge In Silver, By The Prussian Mint Archive when United States Marines landed(Grubenrettungswesen Abzeichen in Silber). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a raised Maltese Cross with pebbled arms, overlaid by a crossed hammer and chisel, overlaid by a crossed hammer and pickaxe, above a HJ style German national eagle, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DAS GRUBEN RETTUNGS WESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), the reverse with a horizontal pinback, maker marked PREUSS. STAATS MNZE for the Prussian State