Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, With Case, By The Prussian Mint GTRexclude later on command at Crowborough

later on command at Crowborough from November 15 to 17

but plane damaged

There are brass five petal rose cockades on either side

Footnote: James Alexander Riddell was born in Edinburgh on 30 December 1885

Inset into the obverse of the handle is an insignia consisting of a silvered German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika

Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, With Case, By The Prussian Mint GTRexclude later on command at Crowborough(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