Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Medal, Ii Class, Heavy Version Archive SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (LIEUT: J

SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (LIEUT: J

with a shortened period original ribbon

When the 56th LAA Battery South African Air Force was posted to it

near extremely fine condition with some scuffing and wrinkling

in China for three years and three months

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Medal, Ii Class, Heavy Version Archive SOUTH AFRICA 1902 (LIEUT: J(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