A 1936 Berlin Olympic Games Group to Albert Kosse; Olympic Games Village Employee

XI Summer Olympic Games, Berlin 1936 Participant's Medal, Cased (bronze, weighing 119 grams, designer's name "OTTO PLACEK" on the reverse, obverse illustrating five athletes, representing the five continents, pulling the ropes of the Olympic Bell, inscribed "XI OLYMPIADE" vertically at the left, "BERLIN" vertically at the right and "1936" in the lower right, reverse illustrating the German eagle holding the Olympic Rings in its talons on the face of theOlympic Bell, surrounded by five concentric circles, 70 mm, in its red circular cardboard case, the Olympic Bell insignia in gold on the lid, stamped in black ink "Albert Kosse" on the lid and in red ink on the bottom, base has separated from the body of the case); Olympic Games Village Official Employee's Badge (circular disk in olive green bakelite, obverse bearing the five conjoined Olympic rings above the Brandenburg Gate, inscribed "XI, OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936" at the base of the Gate, aluminum plate printed with the number "0537" in black ink inset into the badge just below the Gate insignia, reverse maker marked "WALGO, KIERSPE-BHF. WESTF.", 68 mm, vertical pinback); and Thank You Letter from the Organizing Committee of the XI Summer Olympic Games in Berlin (addressed to Mr. Albert Kosse, dated August 16, 1936, thanking him for his participation in the Games and awarding him the XI Summer Olympic Games, Berlin 1936 Participant's Medal, with the Games insignia above the "ORGANISATIONS-KOMITEE FÜR DIE XI. OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936 E.V." masthead, inscribed "Herrn Albert Kosse, Olympisches Dorf / Als Dank für Ihre Mitwirkung an den Olympisches Spielen erlauben wir uns, Ihnen die Erinnerungsplakette zu überreichen. / Heil Hitler!", with the printed signature of Carl Diem, the Secretary General (Generalsekretar) of the Games, printed in black ink on an off-white paper stock, 210 mm x 296 mm, horizontal fold mark, lightly soiled). Near extremely fine.