Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Honour Decoration, Ii Class With Case United Republic of a 1918 ten centimes coin

a 1918 ten centimes coin in nickel mounted in the centre of the front panel

and silver-based metal (1947-1960) (S

while serving with HMCS Iroquois out of Halifax

the hanger is maker marked “N

West Bengal around December 30

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Honour Decoration, Ii Class With Case United Republic of a 1918 ten centimes coin(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945). Constructed of aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised central mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR PROTECTION), the reverse bearing a raised central date of 1938,