A coworker of mine is trying to find an explanation to some old medals her now deceased grandfather gave her. All she can tell me is that he was a gymnast or wrestler in Switzerland. The album can be seen here. Sorry for the bad quality on some of the images.
Thanks!
Swiss here. This is the sash of a swiss gymnast and member of a gymnastics club. Medals were received for participation at gymnastics meetings. A gmynast wore the sash for representation like soldiers wear their medals on their parade uniform.
The "cross" emblem in the middle is the "gymnasts cross". It depicts four Fs for the german words "frisch, fromm, fröhlich, frei" (quick, devotional, blithe, free). Many gymnast federations and clubs still use it in some form.
Most medals were probably received at smaller regional meetings, but the medal in the middle on image 6 is from the "Eidgenössisches Turnfest 1912" in Basel, Switzerland which was the national event being held every 3 years (nowadays it's every 5-6 years).
It's basically her grandfather's gymnast vitae.