Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Medal, Ii Class With Case Archive The blade is steel and

The blade is steel and decorated with half crescent moons and stars

Ontario prior to enlisting with the CEF in March 1915

The recipient is the “Widow Blankenheim” from the town of Kruft

8mm (w) x 111

with pouch to set the bayonet scabbard into

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Medal, Ii Class With Case Archive The blade is steel and(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse 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 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. 76 mm