Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Games Commemorative Medal Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic The Battalion served in France

The Battalion served in France and Belgium with the 11th Infantry Brigade

in gilded metal (magnetic): horizontal pinback

Michael’s younger brother Willy (Wilhelm) was born on May 25

ln Sterling silver and enamels

some photos have loosened and the album demonstrates minor material fatigue consistent with age

Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Games Commemorative Medal Heer. A Flak/Artillery Hauptmann’s Service Tunic The Battalion served in France(Deutsche Olympia Erinnerungsmedaille 1936). Instituted 31 July 1936. (1936 1937 issue). Constructed of silvered bronze, on loop for suspension with its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a raised column topped by Olympic ring, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, and flanked by a date of 1936, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTVOLLE MITARBEIT BEI DEN OLYMPISCHEN SPIELEN 1936 (FOR