Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case Archive 1916 and later embarked for

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

40 mm x 121 mm

also marked zolotniki fineness number "56" on the integral ring

constructed of blackened magnetic iron within a ribbed silver frame

Lucia on September 1st

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case Archive 1916 and later embarked for(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