Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Olympic Games Commemorative Medal, With Case GTRexclude One shrapnel bullet remained lodged

One shrapnel bullet remained lodged in his neck

1921 (silvered zinc

lacquered center

blue and black threading giving definition to both the horse and Native Canadian rider

names of four explorers on the sides (Cook and Vancouver on the left

Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Olympic Games Commemorative Medal, With Case GTRexclude One shrapnel bullet remained lodged(Deutsche Olympia Erinnerungsmedaille 1936 mit Etui). Instituted 31 July 1936. (1936 1937 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a central raised Olympic column, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1936, topped by Olympic rings, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTVOLLE MITARBEIT