Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Berlin Olympics Commemorative Table Medal, With Case Auction custom made mid-Nineteenth Century

custom made mid-Nineteenth Century

measuring 174 mm x 38 mm (folded)

opening with a functional metal hinge

III Class with Ribbon Bar

stiff metal frame

Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Berlin Olympics Commemorative Table Medal, With Case Auction custom made mid-Nineteenth Century(Olympische Sommerspiele 1936 Erinnerungsmedaille mit Etui). Constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised central bell overlaid by a German national eagle clutching Olympic rings, circumscribed by an inscription of XI OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936, the reverse bearing raised Olympic rings from which sun rays emanate, topped by an inscription of RAD STERN FAHRT, the reverse designer marked PLACZEK for the firm of Otto Placzek, Berlin, measuring 70 mm in