Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Medal, With Case Auction Archive Three Cloth Items -

Three Cloth Items -

Footnote:  James Gross was in 1894 in London England and was working as a Cement Contractor before enlisting in the CEF on September 25th 1914

comprising: Iron Cross Second Class 1870

frayed original ribbon with brooch pinback

superimposed on the off-white rayon-wool bland base

Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Medal, With Case Auction Archive Three Cloth Items -(Deutsche Olympia Erinnerungsmedaille mit Etui). Instituted 31 July 1936. (1936 1937 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreated mobile swastika, overlaying an Olympic column topped by rings, flanked by a date of 1936, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTVOLLE MITARBEIT BEI DEN OLYMPISCHEN SPIELEN 1936 (FOR