The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

GERMANY, Deutsche Kampfspiele, Garmisch-Partenkirchen [German Fighting Games], 1922, a cast bronze award medal by W. Schmarje, naked male athlete standing facing, head turned to right, holding a German standard, rev. wreath, engraved (Dem Zweiten der Rodelmeisterschaft) [Second Place in the Toboggan Championship], 68mm, 104.99g (cf. Feldman, June 2016, 30256; cf. Rauch 73, 1189). Very fine £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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The Deutsche Kampfspiele, organised by the Deutschen Reichsausschusses für Leibesübungen (Physical Exercise), was a movement which had its roots in the exclusion of German athletes from the Olympic Games in 1920 and 1924 as an indirect result of World War I. Summer and Winter games were organised in intervening Olympic years – 1922, 1926 and 1930 – and even after Olympic Games organisers started to re-admit German athletes, it continued under the Nazi regime until the outbreak of World War II. The 1922 Winter Games were staged from 23 to 29 January.