Prussia, Kingdom. A 1914 Olympic Competition Medal GTRexclude set on a hollow base

set on a hollow base stamped with two rivet holes

with braided silk edging

A mint and unissued “Eisernes Kreuz 1939 2

the Germans’ drachen (dragon) was more apt

each constructed of black wool and trimmed with red piping

Prussia, Kingdom. A 1914 Olympic Competition Medal GTRexclude set on a hollow baseInstituted 1914 by King WIlhelm II. A circular medal constructed of bronze, the obverse centre bears the right facing portrait of King Wilhelm II, with a crowned W II cipher to the right, encompassed by a thin ornate border, the reverse centre bears the inscription DEM SIEGER IM OLYMPIA PRFUNGSKAMPF (THE WINNER IN THE OLYMPIA EXAMINATION FIGHT) with a laurel sprig below, circumscribed with DEUTSCHER REICHSAUSSCHUSS FR OLYMPISCHE SPIELE (GERMAN REICHS