Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Berlin Olympics Commemorative Medallion in Bronze United Republic of An early example by maker

An early example by maker Assmann (marked by company logo A)

(Spomen medalja "5 Prosinca 1918")

during the American Civil War

similarly bearing sickle and hammer insignia

Upper class women would often choose to help raise funds or fill white collar positions left vacant

Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Berlin Olympics Commemorative Medallion in Bronze United Republic of An early example by maker(1936 Berlin Olympische Spiele Gedenkmedaille). A 1936 Berlin Olympics Commemorative medallion in bronze, constructed of bronze, the obverse bearing a raised female figure clutching an olive branch and laurel crown, circumscribed by the inscription Zur Ehre Des Vaterlandes, Zum Ruhm Des Sports (To the Honour of the Fatherland, to the Glory of Sports), the reverse bearing a central raised bell overlaid by a German national eagle with its wings spread