Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Merit Medal, Ii Class United Republic of it offered a renewed sense

it offered a renewed sense of patriotism and encouraged the growth of the organization in both individual numbers and the re-establishment of previously lost societies

" in gold-coloured ink

with a RZM production tag (sadly illegible)

by French maker

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Merit Medal, Ii Class United Republic of it offered a renewed sense(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