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GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR medal (15.02g), 1924. UNC

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GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR medal (15.02g), 1924. UNC
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GERMANY: Weimar Republic, AR medal (15.02g), 1924, Kaiser-449, 34mm, silver medal by Lauer, Nuremberg, left-facing bust of Dr. Hugo Eckener, inscribed Dr. HUGO / ECKENER // illustrating Zeppelin LZ 126 over Lake Constance and Friedrichshafen, inscribed AMERIKAFAHRT DES LZ 126 (ZRIII) 1924 (American Tour of Airship 1924) above, listing the stops and dates below in German (depart Friedrichshafen / leave Europe / Fayal, Azores / Sable Island, Nova Scotia / Boston, Massachusetts / New York, New York / Lakehurst, New Jersey, inscribed L.CHR. LAUER NURNBERG at reverse center in small letters, light surface hairlines, Unc. The USS Los Angeles was a rigid airship, designated ZR-3, which was built in 1923-1924 by the Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen, Germany, as war reparation. It was delivered to the United States Navy on 12 October 1924 under the command of Hugo Eckener. She was decommissioned in 1932.