Austria, Empire. An Iron Crown Order, Iii Class, C.1820 Archive SA Skiing Table Medal -

SA Skiing Table Medal - In zinc alloy

dated 3 October 1944 and signed by an unidentified Hauptfeldwebel

sewn via red threading to a 39 mm bronze disk with vertical pinback

in a leather-bound presentation folder with gilt and black enamelled aluminum insignia on the cover)

Austria, Empire. An Iron Crown Order, Iii Class, C.1820 Archive SA Skiing Table Medal -Type I, measuring 25. 4 mm x 46. 0 mm, constructed of silver, covered completely with thin plate of Gold (not gold plated), centers enameled, crown below partially enameled, slightly worn, in very fine condition and very rare. Footnote: this method of covering silver (other metals) in thin sheet of gold was achieved by artisan slowly hammering thin sheet of gold around the object until the gold covering took a shape of the object; needless to say, a