Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Goethe Medal for Art and Science, with Case, to Adolf Sandberger Newly Listed constructed of gilded bronze and

constructed of gilded bronze and multi-coloured paint

loss of reverse central medallion

“Colombey Nouilly”

loss of enamel evident to the nine o’clock arm of the Cross Pattée

Footnote: President Woodrow Wilson established the Army decoration on Jan

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Goethe Medal for Art and Science, with Case, to Adolf Sandberger Newly Listed constructed of gilded bronze and(Goethe Medaille fr Kunst und Wissenschaft mit Etui). Instituted 22 March 1932 by Paul von Hindenburg. (1932 1944 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, situated above an inscription of FR KUNST UND WISSENSCHAFT (FOR ART AND SCIENCE), circumscribed by an inscription of GESTIFTET VOM REICHSPRSIDENT VON HINDENBURG 1932 (FOUNDED BY REICHSPRSIDENT VON HINDENBURG