Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac arriving at the Canadian Base

arriving at the Canadian Base Depot in France the following day

Instituted June 1st

measuring 23 mm x 10 mm to 15 mm x 15 mm

New Pattern Plaque

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac arriving at the Canadian Base(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen, II. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered feinzink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a double sided circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse bearing a central raised