Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Medal, I Class Miniature Hold 28937 R” on both side

28937 R” on both side of the slotted disk

Constructed of blackened and silvered metal

and with nice old patina

was based on similar principles and goals established by Nazi regime in Germany

a cruiser which had been converted into a minelayer serving in the North Sea

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Medal, I Class Miniature Hold 28937 R” on both side(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen, I. Klasse Miniatur). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, circumscribed by a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR PROTECTION), the reverse bearing a date of 1938 on the three and nine oclock arms, unmarked, measuring 17 mm (w) x 18 mm (h), in extremely fine