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

custom made mid-Nineteenth Century

marked “R S & S”

opening with a functional metal hinge

from May to September

both measuring 150 mm (w) x 105 mm (h)

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