Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Medal, With Case Auction Archive frayed original ribbon with brooch

frayed original ribbon with brooch pinback

comprising: Iron Cross Second Class 1870

superimposed on the off-white rayon-wool bland base

the opposite side overlaid by a white cotton disc measuring 100 mm in diameter

Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Medal, With Case Auction Archive frayed original ribbon with brooch(Deutsche Olympia Erinnerungsmedaille mit Etui). Instituted 31 July 1936. (1936 1937 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreated mobile swastika, overlaying an Olympic column topped by rings, flanked by a date of 1936, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTVOLLE MITARBEIT BEI DEN OLYMPISCHEN SPIELEN 1936 (FOR