Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Medal, Ii Class Newly Listed obverse illustrating a seated woman

obverse illustrating a seated woman at the right representing justice

adorned by a German State Crown at the top

inscribed in Latin on the arms

An early cross

The front page of a newspaper (426x597mm

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Medal, Ii Class Newly Listed obverse illustrating a seated woman(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse bearing a central date of 1938, unmarked, measuring 37. 65 mm (w) x 43. 83 mm (h), weighing