Germany, Weimar Republic. A 1929 Dornier Do X Commemorative Silver Medallion GTRexclude made bronze and enamels

made bronze and enamels

Accompanied by Vail’s promotion certificates for Second Lieutenant dated January 31 1955

the obverse with a central medallion bearing a black swastika on a white enameled background

the suspension loop maker marked with Präsidialkanzlei code “42” for Biedermann & Co

the cap band is pinned with a silvered zink Ordnungspolizei insignia

Germany, Weimar Republic. A 1929 Dornier Do X Commemorative Silver Medallion GTRexclude made bronze and enamels(Dornier Do X Gedenkmnze in Silber). Constructed of silver, the obverse featuring a raised and leftward facing profile of Claude Dornier, circumscribed by name and title with a date of 1929, the reverse bearing a raised depiction of the Dornier Do X in mid flight over the ocean, circumscribed by an inscription of TRIUMPH DEUTSCHER TECHNIK (TRIUMPH OF GERMAN ENGINEERING), above an inscription of START DES DO Z MIT 169 MANN, the edge maker marked BAYER.