Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of 1936 Berlin Olympics Commemorative Medallion, Silver Grade Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Peacetime Military Division

Peacetime Military Division

the owner decided to keep it

white metal ribbon banner inscribed "HOSTI ACIE NOMINATI" overlaying a browning copper base

demonstrating loss of finish to the core with consequent oxidation

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of 1936 Berlin Olympics Commemorative Medallion, Silver Grade Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic Peacetime Military Division(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