Germany, Weimar Republic. A First World Trip Of Airship Graf Zeppelin Medal 1929 Archive inside of a round laurel

inside of a round laurel wreath joined at the bottom by a swastika

hallmarked with an anchor (made in Birmingham)

the reverse etched with a membership number of “87019” and a maker’s mark of “DESCHLER & SOHN” for the Munich-based firm

1899 and served in the South Africa theatre with the 2nd Special Battalion

five days shy of his seventeenth birthday

Germany, Weimar Republic. A First World Trip Of Airship Graf Zeppelin Medal 1929 Archive inside of a round laurelIn 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