Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case Newly Listed and August 17

and August 17

1942 as SS-Oberführer and commander of a Kampfgruppe

circumscribed by an inscription of “FÜR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ” (“FOR MERIT IN AIR PROTECTION”)

the award measuring 15

not allowing all Wehrmacht staff to purchase a souvenir ring in Africa

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case Newly Listed and August 17(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