Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Medal, Ii Class Hold catch broken off otherwise in

catch broken off otherwise in very fine condition

The Cross of Liberty has a red ribbon when it is granted in wartime and a yellow ribbon when it is awarded in peacetime

Both the obverse and reverse of the spine are perforated with three holes

along with his cousin Lieutenant John Robertson Duigan would fly together in France as pilots in 3rd Squadron of the then fledgling Australian Flying Corps (later the Royal Australian Flying Corps)

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Medal, Ii Class Hold catch broken off otherwise in(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