Postwar made German Olympic Decorations

[Alex W.]

I pulled out all of my postwar made German Olympic Decorations today and thought I‘d do a quick group picture. Besides the two 1957 form decorations made by S&L, there is also the entire Souval German Olympic Decoration series shown - some of them even in their rare case. There also is another S&L made 2nd class with swastika shown in the grouping, sitting on top of the long piece of ribbon. The 2nd class mounted on the single bar is another Souval made decoration.

As for the two 1957 form decorations - they are both earlier made pieces using rivets vs. the later used glue. The swastika decorations follow the same time pattern. Earlier made pieces used rivets while mid-later production used glue.

Interestingly there is not much of a notable difference in quality between the riveted types vs. glued ones.

I think they look really nice together...

Regards,

Alex

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[Pink]

Alex, those are incredible...have always looked for them but never seemed to be at the right place or time.....wonderful, thanks for showing these...

[Robert J.D.]

An outstanding collection! Thank you for posting these.

Can you show what distinguishes S&L from Souval on these awards? I’d love to be able to keep an eye out and eventually add some of these to my collection.

Robert

[Nigel N]

Very impressive collection Alex!!!
Obviously the S&L 57ers are the pieces i am most interested in, but all of them are really nice, quality examples!!!!
-Nigel

[xmember]

Wonderful collection Alex.

Rudy

[luftkrieg]

Alex,

A most impressive selection! The 1st Class is among my favourite awards.

Kind regards,
Pierce

[Tony T-S]

Breathtaking as always Alex. Your collection must fill a house. As I’ve said before it would be amazing to see the whole lot.

[nachomenorca]

Nice enamels!!! Love them!

Regards

Nacho

[Alex W.]

Thanks for the kind comments guys. I‘m glad you like them too. The Olympia decoration is certainly a very attractive designed award. The gold and white color combination works wonderfully.