WWI 4th Mounted Rifle Battalion Cap Badge
50 mm (h - inclusive of crown with horizontally pierced ball suspension adorned by cross)
retaining over about 50% of original silver finish
well-stitched together along the rear seam
the reverse maker marked “B”
Germany, Third Reich. An Air Protection Honour Medal, Ii Class With Case Hold WWI 4th Mounted Rifle Battalion(Luftschutz Ehrenzeichen, II. Stufe mit Etui). Instituted 30 January 1938. (1938 1945 issue). Constructed of aluminum, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, consisting of a circular oak leaf wreath, the obverse with a central raised mobile swastika, circumscribed by an inscription of FR VERDIENSTE IM LUFTSCHUTZ (FOR MERIT IN AIR DEFENCE), the reverse with a central raised date of 1938, unmarked, measuring 38.