Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympic Games Badge, by Friedrich Linden
(Olympische Winterspiele 1936 Erinnerungsabzeichen). Constructed of silvered bronze with multi-coloured enamels, the obverse bearing a central snow-capped mountain overlaid by a mobile swastika and Olympic rings, circumscribed by an inscription of “IV. OLYMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN 1936”, the reverse with a horizontal pinback, maker marked with the logo of Friedrich Linden, Lüdenscheid, measuring 40 mm in diameter, demonstrating minor flecking and loss of finish to the enamels and base metal, respectively, in better than very fine condition.

