Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1941 Battle of Crete Fallschirmjäger Commemorative Medallion, by Meissen Porcelain GTRexclude to neutralize the French presence

to neutralize the French presence there

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

the makers cartouche of JOSEPH RESCH FILS BUCAREST in the center

obverse centre in Gold featuring a facing-right woman portrait encircled by the inscription REPUBLICA DE CHILE

white mesh support on the reverse

Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1941 Battle of Crete Fallschirmjäger Commemorative Medallion, by Meissen Porcelain GTRexclude to neutralize the French presence(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