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Olympic Games memorabilia, comprising: a period press photograph of the German Reich Sports leader Hans von Tschammer und Osten arriving in Athens in

Hammer Price:
£110
Estimated Price:

£150 - £200

Olympic Games memorabilia, comprising: a period press photograph of the German Reich Sports leader Hans von Tschammer und Osten arriving in Athens in 1935 to address a propaganda meeting for the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, seen being greeted by the Mayor of Athens, Cotziaz, and the German Ambassador to Athens Dr Eisenlohr, backstamp New York Times, Berlin, 7 1/2 by 9 1/2in.; a silvered pin for the [cancelled] 1940 Helsinki Olympic Games, with radiant flames between Olympic Rings and the date 1940; a souvenir booklet presented by Ovaltine for track and field athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games, by Stan Tomlin, highlighting Great Britain's principle medal hopes, featuring each event with details of previous winners, then a blank results section which has been filled in by the original owner; and a period press photograph at the Winter Innsbruck Olympic Games in 1964 of Austrian soldiers with buckets of snow building up the take-off slope of the ski jump (4)