Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Honour Medal, Ii Class With Case Hold on original ribbons with broaches

on original ribbons with broaches

komm heraus aus dem Elefantenhaus” (a rhyme

beginning what would prove to be a fourteen month interval in France

Michaelis was appointed to the War Department General Staff as the Chief of the Officer’s Division

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Honour Medal, Ii Class With Case Hold on original ribbons with broaches(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.