Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case Newly Listed the award measuring 15

the award measuring 15

the interior of the pants with a 44 mm wide off-white nylon waistband

constructed of a silvered non-magnetic metal alloy

1957 Issue -  Official denazified "1957" issue for Veterans wear (as WWII awards were not allowed for wear)

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 the award measuring 15(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