Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Commemorative Medal Archive handwritten in black ink with

handwritten in black ink with other stamps and inscriptions in faded blue ink

The certificate states that Stabswachtmeister/Hauptwachtmeister (Staff Sergeant/Master Sergeant) Otto Kossbau has been awarded the Eiserne Zvonimirmedaille am Kriegsband (Iron Zvonimir Medal with Wartime Ribbon) on April 10

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A 1930’s third reich period DJ (Deutsches Jungvolk/German Youths) membership badge

USS Herring's exact manner of loss can also be determined from these records

Germany, Third Reich. A German Olympic Commemorative Medal Archive handwritten in black ink with(Deutsche Olympia Erinnerungsmedaille). Instituted 1 July 1936. (1936 1937). Constructed of magnetic metal, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon with clasp, the obverse bearing a central Olympic column, topped by rings, and overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika flanked by a date of 1936, the reverse bearing an inscription of FR VERDIENSTVOLLE MITARBEIT BEI DEN OLYMPISCHEN SPIELEN 1936, unmarked,