Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Games Commemorative Medal Auction Archive the reverse with a central

the reverse with a central medallion bearing an inscription of “TAPFER UND TREU” (“BRAVE AND LOYAL”) inside of a laurel wreath

contact marks on the chape and locket

it was philosophy (specifically botany) that peaked his interest and he completed his doctorate of philosophy two years later

A Medal for Distinguished Labour

Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Games Commemorative Medal Auction Archive the reverse with a central(Deutsche Olympia Erinnerungsmedaille 1936). Instituted 31 July 1936. (1936 1937 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised column topped by Olympic ring, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, and flanked by a date of 1936, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTVOLLE MITARBEIT BEI DEN OLYMPISCHEN SPIELEN 1936 (FOR