Cased 2nd Class Olympic Decoration 1936

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Olympia Ehrenzeichen 2. Klasse 1936 im Etui. The 2nd Class German Olympic was instituted February 4th 1936 and was bestowed on German nationals and foreign personnel for special merits in the executive organization activity of the 11th Summer (Berlin) and 4th Winter (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) Olympic games. It is a constructed out of two pieces of die struck tombak base that had been gold fire gilded and contain white enamel work and was finished in a protective lacquer coating. The obverse features the five Olympic rings (in white) above a five-pointed white star and five golden lined bars, all below a white German National eagle (with outstretched wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika in its talons). The full back gold reverse shows two rivets that attach the Olympic rings. To the top is a ring that goes through the eagle’s head that holds 3 inches of the appropriate red, white and black rayon ribbon. To the reverse top of the ribbon is a stitched on well working gilded tombak pin assembly. The pin assembly continues to work well. The award measures 2 1/8 inches wide by 2 ¾ inches tall. The award comes housed in its appropriate issue case. The case is constructed out of a wood and pressed cardboard base that is covered in a simulated grained white leather (Lederimitat). To the front is a rectangular gilded steel push button. To the back is a gilded steel, staggered, piano hinge. To the top-center in pressed gold foil are the five Olympic rings emblem and a thin exterior border. The interior-bottom of the case is constructed out of a pressed cardboard base that is covered in a grey velvet material that has a recessed hole for the pin assembly. The interior top is constructed out of a pink satin material and has an underlying pad. The push button and hinge continue to work well. The case measures 2 7/8 inches wide and 5 inches deep and 1 inch thick. A gorgeous example!