Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Honour Medal, Ii Class With Case Auction West Thorney

West Thorney

138 mm (w) x 86 mm (h))

the sleeves are lined in white silk

Silver medals with ring suspenders were presented to the officers and crews

37 mm x 127 mm)

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Honour Medal, Ii Class With Case Auction West Thorney(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen, II. Stufe mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse with a central raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse with a central raised date of 1938, unmarked, measuring 38.