Germany, Rlb. An Air Defence League (Rlb) Air Protection Medal, Ii Class Hold USMC Uniform for the rank

USMC Uniform for the rank of Sergeant

553rd Grenadier Regiment

only exhibiting moderate use

On landing it was found necessary for the party to pass through a deploying enemy battery in an effort to contact an Italian partisan headquarters

a machine cog with a central swastika

Germany, Rlb. An Air Defence League (Rlb) Air Protection Medal, Ii Class Hold USMC Uniform for the rank(Reichsluftschutzbund Leistungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered zink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a round oak leaf wreath, the obverse with a central mobile swastika circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENST IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR SERVICE IN AIR PROTECTION), the reverse with a central date of 1938, unmarked, measuring 38. 71 mm in diameter, weighing 25. 5 grams, in near extremely fine condition.