Germany, Third Reich. A Schlageter Shield, Type II with Rhein/Ruhr Campaign Clasp, by Paul Küst Archive and with a manufacture date

and with a manufacture date of “1940”

but its predecessors go back to 1755

a Signals Flieger tab

both on the exterior and on the interior

The Japanese fighters caught them as they turned over shipping in the harbor for their bomb run

Germany, Third Reich. A Schlageter Shield, Type II with Rhein/Ruhr Campaign Clasp, by Paul Küst Archive and with a manufacture date(Schlageter Schild, 2. Form). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse consisting of an oval laurel leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, surrounding a pebbled oval field, bearing a raised inscription of SCHLAGETER, situated above a pair of crossed swords, with a Latin Cross extending from the top edge, in turn flanked by RHEIN RUHR 1923 24 campaign clasps, the reverse with four visible clips securing the clasps in position, with a