Germany, Third Reich. An Olympic Games Commemorative Medal Hold Footnote: Widukind was a Germanic

Footnote: Widukind was a Germanic leader of the Saxons during the Saxon Wars from 777-785 against Charlemagne

with the obverse of one end bearing a gilt inscription of “ORDENS-GEMEINSCHAFT DER RITTERKREUZTRÄGER” (“ORDER OF KNIGHT’S CROSS BEARERS”)

98 mm x 25

instituted on May 7

later admitted to No

Germany, Third Reich. An Olympic Games Commemorative Medal Hold Footnote: Widukind was a Germanic(Deutsche Olympia Erinnerungsmedaille). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, the obverse bearing a central raised Olympic column, topped by rings, overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, flanked by a date of 1936, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTVOLLE MITARBEIT BEI DEN OLYMPISCHEN SPIELEN 1936 (FOR MERITORIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES 1936),