Germany, Third Reich. A Mixed Lot of Awards, Insignia, and Medallions

(Auszeichnungen, Insignien, und Medaillen). A mixed lot of items, including:

1. A Heer EM/NCO’s visor cap eagle, constructed of aluminum, the reverse maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid, measuring 66 mm (w) x 28 mm (h), missing all three of its attachment prongs, in very fine condition.

2. A Sturmabteilung (SA) member’s stick pin, constructed of aluminum, unmarked, measuring 24 mm (w) x 18 mm (h), in extremely fine condition.

3. A miniature award bar featuring five decorations to a Bavarian First World War combatant, including a 1914 Iron Cross II Class, a Bavarian Military Merit Cross III Class with Crown and Swords, an Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918 for Combatants, a Bavarian Long Service Award, and an Anschluss or Sudetenland Medal (rendered indeterminate by loss of finish), all affixed to a bar with a horizontal pinback and measuring 45 mm in length, demonstrating loss of finish throughout, in very fine condition.

4. A 1936 Berlin Olympics Commemorative Medallion in Silver, constructed of silvered bronze, the obverse bearing a raised female figure clutching an olive branch and laurel crown, circumscribed by an inscription of “ZUR EHRE DES VATERLANDES ZUM RUHME 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 clutching Olympic rings, the rim of the bell bearing an inscription of “ICH RUFE DIE JUGEND DER WELT” (“I CALL THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD”), circumscribed by an inscription of “OLYMPISCHE SPIELE BERLIN MCMXXXVI” (“OLYMPIC GAMES BERLIN 1936”), unmarked, measuring 36 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.

5. A small medallion, constructed of aluminum, the obverse bearing a raised profile of Ferdinand von Zeppelin, flanked by name, circumscribed by an inscription of “ZIEL ERKANNT - KRAFT GESPANNT!” (“DESTINATION KNOWN - POWER INTENSE!”), the reverse bearing a raised depiction of an airship flying against a Mainz skyline, circumscribed by an inscription indicating that the medallion was issued to commemorate the 1908 flight of LZ. 4, measuring 33 mm in diameter, in extremely fine condition.