Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 87 mm (w) x

measuring 87 mm (w) x 62 mm (h) x 12 mm (d))

It also contributed to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's decision to attack Midway Island in the Central Pacific

You have made a magnificent contribution during our association together

but they are not making it easy for him

designating him as an Ace

Germany, Third Reich. An Air Defence Honour Decoration, II Class Medal, with Case consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 87 mm (w) x(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen, II. Klasse). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a double sided circular oak leaf wreath, joined together at the bottom by ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse bearing a central raised institution date