Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Olympic Games Decoration, II Class, by Godet Archive 173d Airborne Brigade

173d Airborne Brigade

the marker with a peak top and bearing an oval

The mission report states they “proceeded on course and entered overcast just short of Medenine

(Sudetenland Mützenabzeichen)

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Olympic Games Decoration, II Class, by Godet Archive 173d Airborne Brigade(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