Attractive participation medal issued for the Garmisch 1936 Winter Olympics. Silvered bronze, 62 mm, 84 gm, by Kunststickerei M. Jorres. The front, inscribed, “Olympische Winterspiele, 1936, Garmisch-Partenkirchen,” features the Olympic rings over an alpine summit; the reverse bears the Olympic motto, “Citius Altius Fortius,” over a fir branch. Given how only 1,660 of these were struck, the 1936 Garmisch participation medal exists as a true Olympic scarcity, with gilt and silvered examples rarely offered at auction.
