Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 5 mm (w) x 78

5 mm (w) x 78 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension

he was awarded three Purple Hearts

neatly lined from end-to-end with blue piping

As an introduction

topped by a crown suspension with its period original ribbon

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic 5 mm (w) x 78(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen, II. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of aluminum, 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 institution date