Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Medal Hold Upton was a Canadian from

Upton was a Canadian from British Columbia

and that two pieces of the cuff title were sewn together to reduce wastage - this is apparent from the black and silver vertical seam across the first “P” in “Gruppe”

37mm (w) x 60

the shaft and celluloid grip slightly loose versus the body of the dagger

8 mm (w) x 81

Germany, Third Reich. A Mine Rescue Honour Medal Hold Upton was a Canadian from(Grubenwehr Ehrenzeichen). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945). Constructed of a silvered bronze alloy, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a crossed hammer and pickaxe, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM GRUBENWEHRWESEN (FOR MERIT IN MINE RESCUE), unmarked, measuring 35. 11 mm in diameter, weighing 17. 3 grams