Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1941 Battle of Crete Fallschirmjäger Commemorative Medallion, by Meissen Porcelain Province of China each perforated at the top

each perforated at the top with eyelets through which was looped a drawstring that has been lost to time

crown has a mark “750 FR” (for period 1867-72)

it was lost during an earthquake and therefore is not included here)

where resistance to British authority remained strong

the other without clasps and missing its suspension

Germany, Luftwaffe. A 1941 Battle of Crete Fallschirmjäger Commemorative Medallion, by Meissen Porcelain Province of China each perforated at the top(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