Germany, Nsdap. An Air Raid Auxiliary Personnel Armband Hold Merit Medal (bronze gilt with

Merit Medal (bronze gilt with red and black enamels

The helmet measures approximately 202 mm (w) x 300 mm (l) x 209 mm (h)

when an outnumbered American force turned a Japanese flotilla back from their advance toward Guadalcanal

Christern commanded the 2nd Detachment of the Panzer Regiment 31 at the time when Paul-Hermann Werner was the Regiment’s commander

about 70 men in all

Germany, Nsdap. An Air Raid Auxiliary Personnel Armband Hold Merit Medal (bronze gilt with(Luftkriegs Einsatz Armband). Constructed of red dyed cotton, the exterior bearing a central white disc overlaid by a black mobile swastika, flanked by an inscription of NSDAP LUFTKRIEGS EINSATZ, with an illegible blue ink stamp over the disc, otherwise unmarked, measuring 210 mm (l) x 52 mm (h), with some material fatigue evident, in overall near extremely fine condition.