Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Merit Medal, Ii Class Archive light gilt wear evident on

light gilt wear evident on the Bavarian cross

three rivets

8th Infantry Division

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wear and soiling on the felt underside

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Merit Medal, Ii Class Archive light gilt wear evident on(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the obverse with a central raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse with a central raised date of 1938, unmarked, measuring