Germany, Third Reich. A Saar Miner’s Long Service Pocket Watch, with Case, by Gustav Rau certificate_of_authenticity but the leather belt well

but the leather belt well preserved

His records state “shrapnel bullet imbedded in back of tibia just below knee joint

41 mm x 44 mm

when he left the regiment

Mercer embarked by ship from Halifax

Germany, Third Reich. A Saar Miner’s Long Service Pocket Watch, with Case, by Gustav Rau certificate_of_authenticity but the leather belt well(Saargruben Verwaltung Taschenuhr mit Etui). A striking pocket watch, constructed of a silver case with rolled gold embellishments, featuring a white face with numbers graded 1 12 with 24 hour marks, with hour and minute hands, with a 60 second stopwatch set into the 6 oclock position, maker marked with the logo of the Saargruben Verwaltung (Saar Mining Administration), with a retractable back cover opening to reveal an engraved dedication of FR