Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, Ii Class Auction with retractable wind-up dial

with retractable wind-up dial

owing to difficulties in navigating the Laird River other than at high water

displaying an embossed circular oak-leaf wreath encompassing a Luftwaffe-style eagle in flight

one on April 1

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, Ii Class Auction with retractable wind-up dial(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 circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribboned, the obverse bearing a central raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR TREUE DIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse bearing a central raised date of