Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case Archive measuring 39 mm (w) x

measuring 39 mm (w) x 40

1916 and later embarked for France as a member of the 38th Canadian Infantry Battalion on August 13

each link is held in place via a series of gilded silver chain links

40 mm x 121 mm

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case Archive measuring 39 mm (w) x(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