Germany, Third Reich. A 1942 Zurich Italo-German Youth Sports Festival Merit Medal, with Case Republic of winning the Iron Cross Second

winning the Iron Cross Second Class

visor eagle (missing prong)

scattered gilt wear evident on the monogram and crown

with a faded manufacturer's label sewn in place to the underside of the flap

Germany, Third Reich. A 1942 Zurich Italo-German Youth Sports Festival Merit Medal, with Case Republic of winning the Iron Cross Second(Sportfest der Reichsdeutschen und Italienischen Jugend Erinnerungsmedaille mit Etui). Constructed of bronzed zink, the obverse bearing a raised fasces and German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, the reverse bearing a raised inscription of SPORTFEST DER REICHSDEUTSCHEN UND ITALIENISCHEN JUGEND IN DER SCHWEIZ, ZRICH 1942, FR BESONDERE LEISTUNG (SPORTS FESTIVAL OF GERMAN AND ITALIAN YOUTH IN SWITZERLAND, ZURICH 1942, FOR EXCEPTIONAL