Germany, Nsdap. An Invitation To Participants’ Celebration Of Berlin Olympics, 1936 Auction Archive A First War 50th Infantry

A First War 50th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge - Browning copper

A WWI Bavarian Pilots Badge by Karl Pöllath - in silver

As a Student at the University of Alberta

He attributed the acquisition of his illness to the United States Army Air Corps accidentally bombing his unit at Caen

The tunic is fabricated from a khaki cotton herringbone twill (HBT)

Germany, Nsdap. An Invitation To Participants’ Celebration Of Berlin Olympics, 1936 Auction Archive A First War 50th InfantryThe sender is the President of the German Olympics Committee, Reichssportfhrer (National Sports Leader) Hans von Tschammer und Osten. The recipient is Heinrich Forkert. The Participants Celebration on account of the Olympic Games in Berlin took place in the Deutschlandhalle on August 16, 1936. The address on the envelope states that Forkert was located im Hause (in the building), presumably making him a member of the Olympics Committee. The notes in