Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Olympic Games Commemorative Medal, With Case GTRexclude sterling silver gilt with red

sterling silver gilt with red and blue enamels

blue and black threading giving definition to both the horse and Native Canadian rider

vertical pinback (magnetic)

measuring 57 mm (w) x 106 mm (h)

the 26th of February 1936

Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Olympic Games Commemorative Medal, With Case GTRexclude sterling silver gilt with red(Deutsche Olympia Erinnerungsmedaille 1936 mit Etui). Instituted 31 July 1936. (1936 1937 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a central raised Olympic column, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1936, topped by Olympic rings, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTVOLLE MITARBEIT