Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Berlin Olympic Games Ashtray GTRexclude Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants

Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants (dark bronze gilt on iron

37 mm x 48 mm

300 airmen who lost their lives during the Second World War while serving with the Commonwealth Air Forces flying from bases in Austria

enamels otherwise extremely well preserved

page 4642 and in AFRO 2534/44 of November 24

Germany, Third Reich. A 1936 Berlin Olympic Games Ashtray GTRexclude Imperial: Hindenburg Cross for Combatants(Olympische Sommerspiele 1936 Aschenbecher). Constructed of glass, consisting of a square bowl with each corner featuring two grooves to accommodate cigarettes, the bottom featuring a detailed etched design consisting of a central bell bearing a German national eagle clutching Olympic rings, above an inscription of ICH RUFE DIE JUGEND DER WELT (I CALL THE YOUTH OF THE WORLD), flanked by a date of 1936, otherwise unmarked, measuring 115 mm (w) x 115 mm