Germany, SA. A 1938 Kempten Sports Competition Victor’s Medallion, with Case, by Carl Poellath consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac three Captain)

three Captain)

ribbon is period and displays well

He was a member of the General Society of the War of 1812 and was married to Jennie Louise Ray

King's Own Scottish Borderers died on July 23

Royal Air Force in multiple locations while he was in England

Germany, SA. A 1938 Kempten Sports Competition Victor’s Medallion, with Case, by Carl Poellath consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac three Captain)(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