Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Medal, Ii Class Archive For labour service

For labour service

on loop for suspension from period original white ribbon with orange stripes

and was one of the most influential Generals of the war

clean pommel nut

It carries a facsimile of Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Medal, Ii Class Archive For labour service(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse bearing a central date of 1938, unmarked, measuring 37. 65 mm (w) x 43. 83 mm (h), weighing