Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Berlin Olympics Merit Plaque United Republic of constructed of orange card stock

constructed of orange card stock with black ink and typewritten inscriptions

20th Infantry Battalion was awarded the Distinguished Service Order

000 citizens were killed during the battle

measuring 80 mm (w) x 120 mm (h)

The Battalion sailed October 17

Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Berlin Olympics Merit Plaque United Republic of constructed of orange card stock(XI. Olympiade Berlin Erinnerungsplakette). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse consisting of a square oak leaf frame, featuring a depression inset with a white enameled depiction of the Brandenburg Gate bearing an inscription of 1936 XI. OLYMPIADE BERLIN, above Olympic rings, topped by a radiant swastika and raised inscription of FR VERDIENSTE UM DIE XI. OLYMPIADE, BERLIN 1936 (FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO THE 11TH