Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Medal, Ii Class GTRexclude This was to be the

This was to be the Fern crew’s fifth operation and their third in a row in KB-834

the first six pages and the inside cover with photo corners pasted in place where photos once resided

the obverse consisting of a central shield bearing a raised American flag motif

a recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Medal, Ii Class GTRexclude This was to be the(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945). Constructed of aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of an oval oak leaf wreath, 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 central raised date of 1938, unmarked, measuring 40. 11 mm (w) x