A Bronze Grade Infantry Badge with Packet of Issue by JFS (Josef Feix & Sohn)
the reverse maker marked “B”
The task fell to the 26th Infantry Regiment
the oval medal surmounted by a crown
retaining over about 50% of original silver finish
Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Honour Medal, Ii Class With Case Hold A Bronze Grade Infantry Badge(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen, II. Stufe mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, 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 38.