Germany, Third Reich. An Olympic Games Commemorative Medal Hold were splendidly served

were splendidly served

Royal Artillery Cap Badge (in bronze gilt

Footnote: Widukind was a Germanic leader of the Saxons during the Saxon Wars from 777-785 against Charlemagne

moderate oxidation evident

with the obverse of one end bearing a gilt inscription of “ORDENS-GEMEINSCHAFT DER RITTERKREUZTRÄGER” (“ORDER OF KNIGHT’S CROSS BEARERS”)

Germany, Third Reich. An Olympic Games Commemorative Medal Hold were splendidly served(Deutsche Olympia Erinnerungsmedaille). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised Olympic column, topped by rings, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1936, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTVOLLE MITARBEIT BEI DEN OLYMPISCHEN SPIELEN 1936 (FOR MERITORIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES 1936),