Germany, RLB. A Reich Air Protection League (RLB) I Class Honour Cross

(Luftschutz-Ehrenzeichen I. Klasse Kreuz). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938-1945 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Ruppert Cross with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of “FÜR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ” (“FOR MERIT IN AIR PROTECTION”), the reverse with a date of “1939” on the three and nine o’clock arms, unmarked, measuring 39.41 mm (w) x 42.73 mm (h), weighing 26.0 grams (inclusive of ribbon), in extremely fine condition.