Germany, SA. A 1938 Kempten Sports Competition Victor’s Medallion, with Case, by Carl Poellath Auction the reverse bearing a central

the reverse bearing a central raised inscription of “FÜR VERDIENST IM KRIEGE 1914” (“FOR MERIT IN WAR 1914”)

It is also known as the Ottoman War Medal

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

Footnote: Mehmet Ali Sharp (b

Germany, SA. A 1938 Kempten Sports Competition Victor’s Medallion, with Case, by Carl Poellath Auction the reverse bearing a central(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