Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Medal, With Case Auction Archive comprising: Iron Cross Second Class

comprising: Iron Cross Second Class 1870

superimposed on the off-white rayon-wool bland base

Footnote:  James Gross was in 1894 in London England and was working as a Cement Contractor before enlisting in the CEF on September 25th 1914

wear evident in the corners and edges on the exterior

Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Medal, With Case Auction Archive comprising: Iron Cross Second Class(Deutsche Olympia Erinnerungsmedaille mit Etui). Instituted 31 July 1936. (1936 1937 issue). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreated mobile swastika, overlaying an Olympic column topped by rings, flanked by a date of 1936, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTVOLLE MITARBEIT BEI DEN OLYMPISCHEN SPIELEN 1936 (FOR