Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Air Defence Honour Medal, I Class Newly Listed 443 Hornet Squadron (Our Sting

443 Hornet Squadron (Our Sting is Death)

measuring 139x199mm

bronzed on the reverse

In pink and golden painted wood

on 17 September 1933

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Air Defence Honour Medal, I Class Newly Listed 443 Hornet Squadron (Our Sting(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse bearing a central raised mobile swastika, set within a circular pebbled ring bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse three and nine oclock arms bearing a raised date of 1938, unmarked, measuring 39. 60 mm (w) x 43. 16