Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic a Basic Parachutist Badge (in

a Basic Parachutist Badge (in silvered bronze

in six classes: five classes plus a Collar & Star

the division was transferred east in June to participate in Operation Barbarossa

circumscribed by an inscription of “DER REICHSMINISTER DER LUFTFAHRT UND OBERBEFEHLSHABER DER LUFTWAFFE NR

unmarked (sole maker was Braca Knaus

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic a Basic Parachutist Badge (in(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a double sided circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, 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 raised institution date of