Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, Ii Class Auction Archive He emigrated to Canada in

He emigrated to Canada in 1929 and was a bodyguard at Lever Brothers Limited in Toronto

Footnote: Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Don Boyle

the obverse bears the inscription “DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST SEEWETTERAMT HAMBURG IN ANERKENNUNG FÜR WERTVOLLE MITARBEIT” (GERMAN WEATHER SERVICE SEEWETTERAMT HAMBURG RECOGNIZED FOR VALUABLE EMPLOYEES)

silver gilt and white enamels

Constructed of a black doeskin wool base with a rayon underlay

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, Ii Class Auction Archive He emigrated to Canada in(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen, II. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered feinzink, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a central mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse bearing a raised date of 1938, unmarked,