Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of 1936 Berlin Olympics Commemorative Medallion, Silver Grade United Republic of 3 mm (w) x 21

3 mm (w) x 21

being shot down on May 24 by French fighters and spending a month as a French prisoner of war

measuring 73 mm (h) x 47 mm (w) inclusive of crown suspension

the obverse centre presents a red-enamelled medallion inscribed TREU DEM VATERLAND

Footnote: This commemorative tin originally contained chocolate

Germany, Third Reich. A Pair of 1936 Berlin Olympics Commemorative Medallion, Silver Grade United Republic of 3 mm (w) x 21(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