Bidspirit auction | 1936 Olympic Games Commemorative White

1936 Olympic Games Commemorative White Metal Medals including Auto-Stern-Fahrt by O. Placzek? - Two 1936 Olympic Games commemorative medals struck in white metal with a dark patinated finish. The first medal is associated with the IV Olympic Winter Games held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, featuring a relief design on the obverse depicting a four-man bobsleigh team positioned above crossed skis and poles against a mountainous landscape, inscribed GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN. The reverse displays the five interlocking Olympic rings and is inscribed IV. OLYMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE 1936. The second medal commemorates the XI Olympic Games Berlin 1936 Auto-Stern-Fahrt automobile promotional rally. The obverse depicts the Olympic bell decorated with the German national eagle holding the Olympic rings, inscribed XI. OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936 and the motto Ich rufe die Jugend der Welt in Fraktur script. The reverse features the Olympic rings with stylized radiating speed lines, inscribed AUTO-STERN-FAHRT and bears a small impressed mark reading O. PLACZEK. Both medals exhibit heavy surface toning.