Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Medal, I Class Miniature Hold impressed (CAPT

impressed (CAPT

Following the Allied landings in French North Africa in November 1942

A Turkish Order of Osmania (Osmanli)

he served as Maschinistsmaat on the Wittelsbach

(Waffen-SS Photos)

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Medal, I Class Miniature Hold impressed (CAPT(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen, I. Klasse Miniatur). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR PROTECTION), the reverse bearing a date of 1938 on the three and nine oclock arms, unmarked, measuring 17 mm (w) x 18 mm (h), in extremely fine