Germany. A Cased 1936 Xi Summer Olympic Games Service Medal Auction Archive / Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd

/ Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd

Before Hampton's reply could reach Wilkinson

With Admiral Tovey

Both were part of the close-knit civilian team who responded to the Provisional IRA's mainland bombing campaign

Germany. A Cased 1936 Xi Summer Olympic Games Service Medal Auction Archive / Edinburgh: Oliver and BoydConstructed of silvered metal (magnetic); the obverse depicting a national eagle with spread wings clutching a wreathed mobile swastika infront of the Olympic bell tower; the reverse inscribed Fr Verdienstvolle Mitarbeit bei den Olympischen Spielen 1936 (German For meritorious service at the Olympic games) with a stem of oak leaves directly beneath; on a loop for suspension from its period original ribbon featuring a sewn on horizontal pinback;