Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Berlin Olympics Merit Plaque United Republic of 199 mm x 216 mm)

199 mm x 216 mm)

constructed of orange card stock with black ink and typewritten inscriptions

measuring 80 mm (w) x 120 mm (h)

After crossing the lines by Bois Grenier on his homeward way

20th Infantry Battalion was awarded the Distinguished Service Order

Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Berlin Olympics Merit Plaque United Republic of 199 mm x 216 mm)(XI. Olympiade Berlin Erinnerungsplakette). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf frame, featuring a depression inset with a white enameled depiction of the Brandenburg Gate bearing an inscription of 1936 XI. OLYMPIADE BERLIN, above Olympic rings, topped by a radiant swastika and raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DIE XI. OLYMPIADE, BERLIN 1936 (FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE 11TH