Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case Archive 40 mm x 121 mm

40 mm x 121 mm

also marked zolotniki fineness number "56" on the integral ring

constructed of blackened magnetic iron within a ribbed silver frame

Cannot invert the right foot

measuring 39 mm (w) x 40

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case Archive 40 mm x 121 mm(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen, II. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a double sided circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse bearing a central raised institution date