Germany, Weimar Republic. A First World Trip Of Airship Graf Zeppelin Medal 1929 Archive before being discharged upon demobilization

before being discharged upon demobilization on March 31

exhibiting cluster of three beaded silver rays in each quadrant

hallmarked with an anchor (made in Birmingham)

Silver Grade after twenty years and Bronze Grade after fifteen years detachment command

five days shy of his seventeenth birthday

Germany, Weimar Republic. A First World Trip Of Airship Graf Zeppelin Medal 1929 Archive before being discharged upon demobilizationIn bronze, maker marked "PREUSS. STAATSMNZE" (Prussian State Mint) on the edge, obverse illustrating the busts of Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin, Dr. Hugo Eckener and Ludwig Drr, surrounded by the inscription "ZEPPELIN DER SCHPFER ECKENER DER FHRER DRR DER ERBAUER" (Zeppelin the Creator, Eckener the Leader, Drr the Builder), with the engraver's initials at the far right, all within a beaded border, reverse illustrating a view