Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Medal, Ii Class United Republic of 181 mm x 280 mm)

181 mm x 280 mm)

Used but excellent condition and very rare

Fabricated from a thick leather with a pebbled black finished upper

with all of the original gilding worn off due to age and wear

marked JFS for Josef Feix Söhne

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Medal, Ii Class United Republic of 181 mm x 280 mm)(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse bearing a central date of 1938, unmarked, measuring 37. 65 mm (w) x 43. 83 mm (h), weighing