reverse bottom arm marked KO
as a Sergeant with the 95th Foot
233 mm in diameter x 50 mm in depth
Footnote: The International Gliding Commission awarded a series of proficiency badges to glider pilots on their successful completion of the appropriate tests and gliding trials
as evidenced by black thread remaining and the accompanying photograph but has long since been removed
Germany, Third Reich. A Lot Of Eleven Items Archive reverse bottom arm marked KOA II Class Air Protection Medal, constructed of aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse bearing a central raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR PROTECTION), the reverse bearing a central raised date of 1938, unmarked, measuring 38. 76 mm (w) x 43. 95 mm (h), weighing 12. 9 grams