Germany, SA. A 1938 Kempten Sports Competition Victor’s Medallion, with Case, by Carl Poellath Auction with black threading giving definition

with black threading giving definition to the top and base of the crown

His services were called upon again upon the outbreak of the Second World War

as noted in the Ottawa Citizen of February 9

It is also known as the Ottoman War Medal

the reverse bearing an inscription of “DER FÜHRER DER SA-GRUPPE BERLIN-BRANDENBURG DEM SIEGER IM GRUPPEN SPORTFEST 29

Germany, SA. A 1938 Kempten Sports Competition Victor’s Medallion, with Case, by Carl Poellath Auction with black threading giving definition(Wehrwettkmpfe Kempten Medaille mit Etui). Constructed of zink, the obverse consisting of a raised German national eagle perched on top of a mountainscape, situated above a Sturmabteilung (SA) logo flanked by an inscription of DER SA STANDARTE 20, in turn circumscribed by an inscription of WEHRWETTKMPFE KEMPTEN 1938 (MILITARY CONTEST KEMPTEN 1938), the reverse bearing a hand engraved dedication to a victor in a 10,000 meter run, maker marked CARL