Germany, Third Reich. An Olympic Equestrian Team Donor’s Badge Auction Armed Forces Merit Medal (bronze

Armed Forces Merit Medal (bronze gilt

in the words of historian Stephen Ambrose

1915 near Dydiowa (present day southern Poland) by repelling Russian forces that had already broken through the Austrian lines

Passengers paid premium fares to fly on-board of the Zeppelin

The 22nd was the only active French-speaking infantry battalion on the warfront to serve in the Canadian Corps

Germany, Third Reich. An Olympic Equestrian Team Donor’s Badge Auction Armed Forces Merit Medal (bronze(Reiter Olympia Spende Abzeichen). Constructed of gilded bronze with mult coloured enamels, horizontal pinback, the obverse bearing a depiction of a mounted horse participating in an equestrian event, above Olympic rings and topped by an inscription of REITER OLYMPIA SPENDE, the reverse maker marked DEUTSCH. OLYMP. KOM. F. REITEREI for the German Olympic Committee for Riding, measuring 35 mm (w) x 28 mm (h), in near extremely fine condition.