Germany, Weimar Republic. A 1929 Airship Graf Zeppelin Round-the-World Flight Commemorative Silver Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold with total loss of finish

with total loss of finish evident

1935-1936 - Printed in four-colour ink on a thin paper stock

the obverse depicting a dog with a chain around the neck and a shield on its back

constructed of bronze retrieved from a munitions shell

on a maroon felt base

Germany, Weimar Republic. A 1929 Airship Graf Zeppelin Round-the-World Flight Commemorative Silver Medal, by the Prussian Mint Hold with total loss of finish(Luftschiff Graf Zeppelin Weltfahrt Erinnerungsmedaille in Silber). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing the raised and leftward facing profiles of Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Hugo Eckener, and Ludwig Drr, circumscribed by names and titles, the reverse bearing a central depiction of the globe executed in exceptional details, circumscribed by a commemorative inscription indicating the that medal was issued to commemorate the inaugural round the world