Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Medal, I Class Miniature Hold matching the number engraved on

matching the number engraved on the ricasso and is retained by a single unturned reverse screw

Frederick III and Wilhelm I surrounded by the inscription KAISER WILHELM I

Fassong is a Lieutenant of the 3rd Squadron in the 1st Group of Fighter Wing 51 “Mölders”

Following the Allied landings in French North Africa in November 1942

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Medal, I Class Miniature Hold matching the number engraved on(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen, I. Klasse Miniatur). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR PROTECTION), the reverse bearing a date of 1938 on the three and nine oclock arms, unmarked, measuring 17 mm (w) x 18 mm (h), in extremely fine