Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Goethe Medal for Art and Science, with Case, to Adolf Sandberger GTRexclude left and right-facing eagles

left and right-facing eagles

83 mm (w) x 75

topped by a detailed patinated bronze sculpture of a skier in mid-stride

that has the inscription "Anglo American Nile & Tourist Co

Knight of the Order of Calatrava

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Goethe Medal for Art and Science, with Case, to Adolf Sandberger GTRexclude left and right-facing eagles(Goethe Medaille fr Kunst und Wissenschaft mit Etui). Instituted 22 March 1932 by Paul von Hindenburg. (1932 1944 issue). Constructed of silver, the obverse bearing a central raised German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, situated above an inscription of FR KUNST UND WISSENSCHAFT (FOR ART AND SCIENCE), circumscribed by an inscription of GESTIFTET VOM REICHSPRSIDENT VON HINDENBURG 1932 (FOUNDED BY REICHSPRSIDENT VON HINDENBURG