Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case Newly Listed 1957 Issue - Official denazified

1957 Issue -  Official denazified "1957" issue for Veterans wear (as WWII awards were not allowed for wear)

A white enameled Maltese cross with green enameled clovers in each quadrant

constructed of a silvered non-magnetic metal alloy

the award measuring 15

and August 17

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case Newly Listed 1957 Issue - Official denazified(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