Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, Large Version United Republic of Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Andrzej Ożegowski

Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Andrzej Ożegowski

(Division Großdeutschland Porträt)

surrounded by the inscription "TO COMMEMORATE THE CONCLUSION OF THE GREAT WAR" and inscribed "PEACE WITH HONOUR" at the bottom

the obverse lid with a gold embossed Polish national eagle

Few marks on the scabbard

Germany, Third Reich. A Life Saving Medal, Large Version United Republic of Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander Andrzej Ożegowski(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,