Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of 1936 Berlin Olympics Commemorative Medallion, Silver Grade Auction January 18

January 18

An extremely well-preserved copy of “Edged Weaponry of the Third Reich”

(Reichsarbeitsdienst Koppelschloss Gürtelschnalle)

A fine example of this scarce Order of Democracy

Also stamped into the obverse ricasso is a maker’s mark of “E

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of 1936 Berlin Olympics Commemorative Medallion, Silver Grade Auction January 18(XI. Olympischen Spiele 1936 Berlin Erinnerungsmedaille in Silber). Constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a raised female figure clutching an olive branch and laurel crown, circumscribed by an inscription of ZUR EHRE DES VATERLANDES ZUM RUHME DES SPORTS (TO THE HONOUR OF THE FATHERLAND, TO THE GLORY OF SPORTS), the reverse bearing a central raised bell overlaid by a German national eagle clutching Olympic rings, the rim of the bell