Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal Republic of the chevrons in blue embroidery

the chevrons in blue embroidery on olive green wool

Measuring 114x174mm

Captain William John Chandler was struck off strength upon general demobilization

within an oak wreath

enlisting as a Private and volunteering for war service with the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment during the Great War

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal Republic of the chevrons in blue embroidery(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of feinzink, 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 central raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse bearing a raised institution date of