Hamburg, Free City. A Life Saving Medal Auction Archive Die struck in solid silver

Die struck in solid silver

141st Field Artillery (Washington Artillery) serving through November 14

but the brigade was in camp by 1800 hours

worn with catch showing signs of use

Iron/magnetic center

Hamburg, Free City. A Life Saving Medal Auction Archive Die struck in solid silver1918 1934 issue. A well preserved example of a Life Saving Medal (Rettungsmedaille) of the Free City of Hamburg; a circular silver medal; the obverse depicting the Coat of Arms of Hamburg, inscribed below Fr Rettung aus Gefahr (German For Rescue from Danger), all circumscribed Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (German Free and Hanseatic City Hamburg) in Gothic lettering; the reverse depicting a kneeling man struggling to free himself from tentacles; on a