Germany, Weimar Republic. A 1928 Transatlantic Flight Commemorative Silver Medallion, By The Vienna Mint Newly Listed Miner's Medal for Distinguished Service

Miner's Medal for Distinguished Service

mounted to a 37 mm (w) x 11 mm (h) ribbon with pinback

The squared case is constructed of red leather and the interior is in a black velvet material

a rare example of the type and locally found

Germany, Weimar Republic. A 1928 Transatlantic Flight Commemorative Silver Medallion, By The Vienna Mint Newly Listed Miner's Medal for Distinguished Service(Gedenkmnze in Silber). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing raised leftward facing profiles of Hermann Khl and Ehrenfried Gnther Freiherr von Hnefeld in exceptional detail, circumscribed by names and a date of 13. APRIL 1928, the reverse bearing a central depiction of a monoplane flying over the Atlantic, circumscribed by an inscription of ALLEN GEWALTEN ZUM TROTZ SICH ERHALTEN (STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF DESPITE EVERY ADVERSITY), the edge maker