Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Honour Medal, Ii Class With Case Newly Listed Second case with a hardshelled

Second case with a hardshelled design on both the lid and base

metal backer (magnetic)

mild soiling on cover

1915 in Cincinnati

numbered "81" on the reverse

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Honour Medal, Ii Class With Case Newly Listed Second case with a hardshelled(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen, II. Stufe mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, 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 38.