Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1941 Battle of Crete Fallschirmjäger Commemorative Medallion, by Meissen Porcelain GTRexclude white mesh support on the

white mesh support on the reverse

unmarked but known to have been manufactured by Zimmermann of Pforzheim

the makers cartouche of JOSEPH RESCH FILS BUCAREST in the center

obverse inscribed "WERTMARKE / ZEPPELIN"

measuring 160 mm (w) x 84 mm (h)

Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1941 Battle of Crete Fallschirmjäger Commemorative Medallion, by Meissen Porcelain GTRexclude white mesh support on the(Luftlandeschlacht um Kreta Erinnerungsmedaille). Constructed of brown earthenware, the obverse bearing a central map of Crete, topped by a mobile swastika and situated above a fasces, circumscribed by an inscription of EINNAHME VON KRETA 20. MAI 1. JUNI 1941 (CAPTURE OF CRETE 20 MAY 1 JUNE 1941), the reverse bearing a depiction of paratroopers jumping from planes, circumscribed by an inscription of SIEG DER FALLSCHIRMJGER LUFTLANDETRUPPEN UND FLIEGER