Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Games Commemorative Medal, with Case Hold faceted star with ball-tipped finials

faceted star with ball-tipped finials

with silver gilt swords overlaid

Each breast flap features two pockets

1879-1886 Issue

as well as a vertical pinback

Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Games Commemorative Medal, with Case Hold faceted star with ball-tipped finials(Deutsche Olympia Erinnerungsmedaille 1936 mit Etui). Instituted 31 July 1936. (1936 1937 issue). Constructed of silvered magnetic steel, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised column topped by Olympic ring, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, and flanked by a date of 1936, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTVOLLE MITARBEIT BEI DEN OLYMPISCHEN