Hesse. A Silver Alice Memorial Medal GTRexclude A 1937 International Paris Exposition

A 1937 International Paris Exposition badge

He was heavily decorated for his service in the Luftwaffe

oxidation evident on the Torino badge

as part of the Second Battle of Passchendaele (October 26 to November 10

with a maker’s mark of Klein & Quenzer

Hesse. A Silver Alice Memorial Medal GTRexclude A 1937 International Paris Exposition(Silberne Alice Medaille). A circular medal constructed of silver, the obverse depicting the leftward facing bust of the Grand Duchess Alice of Hesse, circumscribed by her name and title ALICE GROSHERZOGIN VON HESSEN; the reverse inscribed IN MEMORIAM within an open ended laurel wreath tied with a ribbon at the bottom, measuring 42. 18 mm (w) x 49. 14 mm (h), weighing 30. 2 g, on a pentagonal red, white, blue and green ribbon, very fine.