Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Games Commemorative Medal visually-hidden javelin throwing (track and field)

javelin throwing (track and field)

within a ring of red enamels bearing an inscription of “NATIONAL-SOZIALISTISCHE D

A 1914-1918 World War Commemorative Honour Medal

measuring 68 mm (w) x 68 mm (l) x 22 mm (h)

dated July 20

Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Games Commemorative Medal visually-hidden javelin throwing (track and field)(Deutsche Olympia Erinnerungsmedaille 1936). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension, the obverse bearing a central column overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1936, and topped by Olympic rings, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTVOLLE MITARBEIT BEI DEN OLYMPISCHEN SPIELEN (FOR MERITORIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OLYMPICS GAMES OF 1936), measuring 37. 29 mm in