Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Olympic Games Decoration, II Class, by Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac With Swords - Bronze gilt

With Swords - Bronze gilt and enamels

1903) in the centre

where Birch was killed in action on 12 April 1917 in the attack on Hill 145 ‘The Pimple’

(Der Stahlhelm Ärmelband)

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Olympic Games Decoration, II Class, by Godet consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac With Swords - Bronze gilt(Olympia Ehrenzeichen II. Klasse). Instituted 4 February 1936. (1936 1937 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, the obverse consisting of a gilded and ribbed five pointed star, in turn overlaid by a white enameled five pointed star, bearing raised and white enameled Olympic rings, topped by a white enameled German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, with feathering and details highlighted in gilt, topped by an integral