Hamburg, Free City. A Life Saving Medal United Republic of 1880 and joined the Royal

1880 and joined the Royal Navy on July 6

63 mm x 83

1944) it stated that "According to information obtained by this Headquarters from Canadian Army Medical Authorities your late son died as a result of a bullet wound to the neck and chest

but chose to purchase them from larger manufacturers

Hamburg, Free City. A Life Saving Medal United Republic of 1880 and joined the Royal1918 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