Germany, Luftwaffe. A Wehrmacht 18-Year Long Service Award Archive A first pattern RLB (Reichsluftschutzbund/Air

A first pattern RLB (Reichsluftschutzbund/Air Raid Protection League) member’s armband

and with integral straps with reinforced buttonholes emanating from the reverse

and designed by Charles Pillet

with enamel loss to obverse nine o’clock arm

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Wehrmacht 18-Year Long Service Award Archive A first pattern RLB (Reichsluftschutzbund/Air(Wehrmacht Dienstauszeichnung fr 18 Jahre). Instituted 16 March 1936. (1936 1945 issue). Constructed of silvered magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with Luftwaffe device, consisting of a Cross Patte with ribbed arms, the obverse bearing a central raised Heer style German national eagle clutching a mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a central raised number 18, unmarked, measuring 35. 65 mm (w) x 40. 15 mm (h),