the obverse bearing a black and red wool backer
page 5841: "In Italy on the night of 21st-22nd October 1944
An 1870 Iron Cross Second Class with 25 Years Jubilee Spange - Magnetic center
45th Division Capture of Monte Sabotino Commemorative Medal 1916 (bronze
he was posthumously awarded the 1914 Star
Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Merit Medal, Ii Class Hold the obverse bearing a black(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of zink, 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 with a central raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse with a central raised date of 1938, unmarked, measuring