{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.german-olympic-decoration","code":"thing-q829962","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q829962/","name":"German Olympic Decoration","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.1.0-research.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.OBJ"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The German Olympic Decoration (Deutsches Olympia-Ehrenzeichen) was a civil decoration instituted by Nazi Germany in 1936 to recognize services connected with organizing and staging that year's Olympic Games.","purpose":"Enable an agent to identify, document and assess German Olympic Decoration insignia while distinguishing physical authenticity, award attribution and appropriate handling.","scope":{"in":["First- and second-class insignia as variants within the registered thing","Cross, Olympic rings, eagle, ribbon and suspension as identification evidence","Physical measurements, materials, construction and component compatibility","Evidence connecting an insignia to an award, recipient and subsequent custody","Originality, alterations, reproductions and conservation condition"],"out":["Olympic competition medals awarded for sporting results","Participation medals, souvenirs and event accreditation badges","The Olympic Games as events and their complete organisational histories","Recipient biographies and political affiliations beyond evidenced award context","The wider German honours system and its award procedures","Independent cataloguing of presentation cases, certificates and ribbons as separate object kinds"],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Check that the identification concerns an organisational-service honour associated with the 1936 Games, rather than a sporting victory or participation award. [Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum](https://sportmuseum.de/unser-museum/sammlung/Olympia-Ehrenzeichen-II-Klasse--Spiele-der-XI-Olympiade-1936-Berlin)","Compare second-class candidates with the documented combination of a white-enamelled Maltese cross, central Olympic rings and an eagle with swastika above; Olympic imagery alone is insufficient. [Museum specimen](https://sportmuseum.de/unser-museum/sammlung/Olympia-Ehrenzeichen-II-Klasse--Spiele-der-XI-Olympiade-1936-Berlin)","Test the claimed class against suspension and wearing configuration: the first class is described as a neck decoration, but a loose ribbon cannot establish class or authenticity. [German Olympic Decoration overview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Olympic_Decoration)","Distinguish cross-form insignia from objects described as the German Olympic Commemorative Medal, retaining their relationship as unresolved rather than silently treating the names as synonyms."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"award-identity-and-boundaries","name":"Award identity and boundaries","description":"Establish which Olympic-related decoration the object represents and which variants the registry entry contains.","layers":[{"id":"honour-identification","name":"Honour identification","description":"Identify the award through documented purpose and naming.","findings":[{"id":"organisational-service-identity","name":"Organisational service identity","description":"The museum describes the decoration as recognising contributions to organising the 1936 Games, rather than athletic achievement. [Museum account](https://sportmuseum.de/unser-museum/sammlung/Olympia-Ehrenzeichen-II-Klasse--Spiele-der-XI-Olympiade-1936-Berlin)","questions":[{"text":"What evidence identifies the candidate as an Olympia-Ehrenzeichen rather than a competition or participation medal?","id":"organisational-service-identity-q01","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Which contemporary document supports the award name used in the catalogue description?","id":"organisational-service-identity-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"classes-and-related-medal","name":"Classes and related medal","description":"Retain class distinctions without creating duplicate registered things.","findings":[{"id":"class-and-medal-boundary","name":"Class and medal boundary","description":"Research must reconcile descriptions of two decoration classes with broader groupings that also include the commemorative medal.","questions":[{"text":"Does the registry's originating record include the German Olympic Commemorative Medal within this concept or only relate it to the decoration?","id":"class-and-medal-boundary-q01","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Which founding instruments establish the relationship between the two classes and the commemorative medal?","id":"class-and-medal-boundary-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"insignia-and-class-recognition","name":"Insignia and class recognition","description":"Use motif arrangement and wearing configuration to recognise the decoration and assess its claimed class.","layers":[{"id":"cross-and-emblems","name":"Cross and emblems","description":"Record the identifying composition and the condition of each emblem.","findings":[{"id":"motif-comparison","name":"Motif comparison","description":"Use the museum's second-class specimen as a cited comparison for the cross, rings and eagle, without assuming every candidate must be intact. [Museum reference](https://sportmuseum.de/unser-museum/sammlung/Olympia-Ehrenzeichen-II-Klasse--Spiele-der-XI-Olympiade-1936-Berlin)","questions":[{"text":"How do the cross shape, enamel coverage, Olympic-ring arrangement and eagle attachment compare with the reference specimen?","id":"motif-comparison-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Are absent or changed symbols attributable to damage, modification, a documented variant or an unresolved identification?","id":"motif-comparison-q02","kind":"definition"}]}]},{"id":"wearing-configuration","name":"Wearing configuration","description":"Examine suspension, ribbon and scale together when evaluating class.","findings":[{"id":"class-compatible-assembly","name":"Class-compatible assembly","description":"Treat the claimed class as a conclusion supported by the badge and fittings, not by an attached label or ribbon alone.","questions":[{"text":"Which documented example supports the candidate's combination of badge scale, suspension and ribbon configuration?","id":"class-compatible-assembly-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What are the badge dimensions, ribbon width and suspension dimensions, with each measurement boundary stated?","id":"class-compatible-assembly-q02","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"manufacture-and-originality","name":"Manufacture and originality","description":"Assess whether construction and components support the claimed manufacturing period and object configuration.","layers":[{"id":"construction-evidence","name":"Construction evidence","description":"Document metalwork, enamel, joins and markings against identified reference objects.","findings":[{"id":"badge-construction-comparison","name":"Badge construction comparison","description":"Record observable construction before assigning a maker, material or production date.","questions":[{"text":"Which joins, reverse details, edge profiles and markings are visible on the cross and attached emblems?","id":"badge-construction-comparison-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which examined reference supports any attribution of maker, alloy, finish or enamel technique?","id":"badge-construction-comparison-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"alterations-and-assemblies","name":"Alterations and assemblies","description":"Separate originality of the badge from originality of ribbons, fittings and modified symbols.","findings":[{"id":"component-history","name":"Component history","description":"Keep later manufacture, repair, replacement and deliberate emblem alteration as distinct possibilities until evidence resolves them.","questions":[{"text":"What evidence indicates that the ribbon, suspension and emblem attachments were made or assembled at different times?","id":"component-history-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which additional photographs or non-destructive examinations would resolve the most consequential originality uncertainty?","id":"component-history-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"award-and-recipient-evidence","name":"Award and recipient evidence","description":"Connect the physical decoration to a documented award and distinguish that connection from later possession.","layers":[{"id":"award-context","name":"Award context","description":"Record the Games and organisational contribution named in the supporting evidence.","findings":[{"id":"documented-service-association","name":"Documented service association","description":"The decoration is associated with administration of both the Berlin Summer Games and Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Games of 1936; an individual object's association requires separate evidence. [Historical overview](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Olympic_Decoration)","questions":[{"text":"Does the award evidence identify the Summer Games, Winter Games, both or no specific Games?","id":"documented-service-association-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"What organisational contribution and award class are explicitly stated rather than inferred from the recipient's occupation?","id":"documented-service-association-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"object-document-link","name":"Object-document link","description":"Assess how strongly a certificate, case or ownership account identifies this particular insignia.","findings":[{"id":"recipient-attribution-strength","name":"Recipient attribution strength","description":"Keep evidence of an award to a person separate from evidence that the surviving badge is the one associated with that award.","questions":[{"text":"What connects this badge to the named recipient beyond its being stored beside a certificate or case?","id":"recipient-attribution-strength-q01","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Where does the custody record contain gaps, and how do those gaps limit the recipient attribution?","id":"recipient-attribution-strength-q02","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"preservation-and-interpretation","name":"Preservation and interpretation","description":"Translate the condition and historical identity of the insignia into handling, mounting and interpretation decisions.","layers":[{"id":"component-condition","name":"Component condition","description":"Assess weaknesses in the cross, emblem attachments, suspension and ribbon before moving or mounting the object.","findings":[{"id":"handling-and-mounting-readiness","name":"Handling and mounting readiness","description":"Base handling decisions on observed enamel stability, attachment integrity and textile condition rather than apparent completeness.","questions":[{"text":"Where are enamel lifting, corrosion, loose emblems, failing suspension joints or ribbon tears visible?","id":"handling-and-mounting-readiness-q01","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"What support arrangement would avoid loading the ribbon or unstable emblem attachments during examination and display?","id":"handling-and-mounting-readiness-q02","kind":"action"}]}]},{"id":"historical-presentation","name":"Historical presentation","description":"Describe the decoration's award purpose, imagery and alterations with explicit evidence limits.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-based-display-description","name":"Evidence-based display description","description":"A display description should identify the historical issuing context and organisational-service purpose while qualifying uncertain class, originality and recipient claims.","questions":[{"text":"Which wording explains the relationship between the Nazi-era insignia and the 1936 Olympics without implying a sporting victory?","id":"evidence-based-display-description-q01","kind":"action"},{"text":"Which missing or altered emblems and uncertain attributions must be disclosed so the displayed object is not mistaken for an intact documented issue?","id":"evidence-based-display-description-q02","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"evidence-and-external-alignment","name":"Evidence and external alignment","description":"What the world already says about this thing, gathered so the model can be checked against it.","layers":[{"id":"reported-evidence","name":"Reported evidence","description":"Findings from the breadth pass, kept separate from the structural claims.","findings":[{"id":"evidence-confidence-notes","name":"Check these first","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these check these first hold for the sense of German Olympic Decoration this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-confidence-notes-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-kinds","name":"Kinds and varieties","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of German Olympic Decoration this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-kinds-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-real-world-use","name":"Real-world use","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of German Olympic Decoration this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-real-world-use-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards","name":"Failure modes and hazards","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of German Olympic Decoration this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-failure-modes-and-hazards-q01","kind":"provenance"}]},{"id":"evidence-neighbours","name":"Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart","description":"Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.","questions":[{"text":"Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of German Olympic Decoration this model covers, and on what evidence?","id":"evidence-neighbours-q01","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Describe the decoration and its 1936 context factually, with historical sources.","Identify a specimen from documented features and record provenance and condition."],"mustNot":["Use the decoration to glorify the Nazi regime or its ideology.","Help display or trade it in a way that breaks laws on symbols of unconstitutional organizations.","Present a reproduction as an original or invent an award history for it.","Attribute an award to a named person without documentary evidence."],"requiresHuman":["Selling, buying or exhibiting a specimen.","Publishing images of it where display rules apply."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Nazi-era decorations carry the history of a criminal regime and its victims.","Militaria trade can feed extremist movements if not handled with care."],"affectedParties":["Victims of the Nazi regime and their descendants","Collectors and museums","Historians"]},"owners":{"steward":"The collector or museum that holds it; national law decides how it may be displayed.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["Museum collection catalogues"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q12042581","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.german-olympic-decoration","Wikidata: Q829962 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q829962)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Claimed award class: first class; second class; commemorative-medal relationship unresolved; unidentified","Insignia configuration: full-size cross; miniature; ribbon-bar representation; medal-form candidate; incomplete","Dimensions and mass: height, width and thickness in mm; mass in g; record whether suspension and ribbon are included","Materials and surface treatment: observed or tested metal, coating, enamel and ribbon fibre; method and uncertainty recorded","Motif completeness: cross, rings and eagle individually recorded as intact; damaged; absent; altered; uncertain","Suspension and ribbon compatibility: consistent with documented class; inconsistent; replacement suspected; absent; unassessed","Originality assessment: supported period manufacture; later manufacture; reproduction; composite; unresolved","Award attribution: links to recipient, award document, Games association and supporting evidence; confidence stated","Conservation condition: enamel loss, metal corrosion, attachment instability, ribbon deterioration and previous repairs recorded separately"]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["A pinned or ribbon-hung decoration bearing the Olympic rings.","Regime symbols on the design, which some countries forbid to be displayed openly.","Grades and maker details distinguish original pieces from copies."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["Compare an unidentified Olympic-themed insignia with documented class-specific examples.","Record a provisional class and explain conflicting physical or documentary evidence.","Associate an insignia with an award certificate or recipient while preserving uncertainty about the match.","Flag incompatible ribbons, replaced fittings or altered motifs for specialist examination.","Prepare a condition-based handling and display recommendation for the enamelled badge and textile components.","Produce a catalogue description separating historical award purpose, observed object features and unresolved claims."]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Forgeries sold as originals.","Display that breaks laws on prohibited symbols.","Use as propaganda by extremist groups."]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Law on Titles, Orders and Decorations (1957), Federal Republic of Germany, which allows Nazi-era decorations to be worn only without the swastika."]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["The German Olympic Decoration is encountered in museum collections, historical archives and research on the 1936 Olympic Games.","Its insignia and award records provide evidence about official recognition, event administration and the political presentation of sport under Nazi rule.","Collection documentation distinguishes the decoration's classes and associated medal while assessing provenance and authenticity."]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q829962: German Olympic Decoration","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q829962","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: German Olympic Decoration","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Olympic_Decoration","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Does the registry concept encompass the German Olympic Commemorative Medal, or should that medal remain a related concept outside this model?","What do the original founding instruments specify about class distinctions, eligibility, wearing configuration and the relationship between the Summer and Winter Games?","Which securely documented specimens establish class-specific dimensions, materials, manufacturing details and legitimate variation?","Which later replacement or modified forms are documented, and how can they be distinguished from damaged originals and reproductions?","Which award registers and recipient archives can establish individual presentations and connect surviving insignia to those awards?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q829962/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q829962/spec.json"],"providers":["Codex"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T09:59:42Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-07T10:10:33+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}