Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Medal, Ii Class, Heavy Version Auction Archive (Sturmabteilung Koppelschloss)

(Sturmabteilung Koppelschloss)

was a great favorite with everyone

unmarked reverse but typical buckle made by company Overhoff and Cie

even though he was severely wounded in the process

Footnote: the NS was the women’s wing of the National Socialist Party

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Medal, Ii Class, Heavy Version Auction Archive (Sturmabteilung Koppelschloss)(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Constructed of feinzink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse with a raised mobile swastika circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR PROTECTION), the reverse with a central raised date of 1938, unmarked, measuring 38. 62 mm in diameter, measuring 28. 9 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in near extremely fine