Holders of the German Olympic Decoration 1st Class

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SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich

Heydrich was assigned to help organise the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and for his part in the games' success, he was awarded the German Olympic Games Decoration First Class.

FINALLY! A photo of Heydrich with the decoration!!!

[luftkrieg]

FINALLY! A photo of Heydrich with the decoration!!!

EXCELLENT work my friend!

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General Renato Ricci, fascist leader and Minister of the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations.

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Another rare one: Hungarian General Vitéz Littay András

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Another rare one: Hungarian General Vitéz Littay András

Excellent photo!

[Sepp45]

Your last holder is General der Gebirgstruppe Ludwig Kübler.
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One more of Kübler with the Order.

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Reichssportführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten

This photo of Osten confirms he was indeed a holder of this Order.

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Another

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Max Schmeling was a holder of this award! Here it can be seen wearing it, during a presentation of the film "Olympia" in 1938.

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An unknown holder behind Goebbels..

[LadislavS69]

Between Tschammer u.Osten and Goebbels is SS.Brigadeführe Leopold Gutterer.

Lado

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Some fantastic additions here!

[colt45s]

Hi guys! I'm trying to do a research and a photo archive of holders of this rare decoration: Deutsche Olympia-Ehrenzeichen 1. Klasse.

The First Class was presented as a neck order and a total of 767 were awarded.

It's something hard to find photo evidence of the holders wearing the decoration, so if you can help, please keep in mind that I'm doing a file on the 1st Class Order only.

Let's start!

what does the back look like ?

[luftkrieg]

I think it is very likely that Generalleutnant Edgar Feuchtinger was awarded the Olympic Decoration First Class, given his involvement on the Olympic Committee and being responsible for the opening and closing ceremonies.

Kind regards
Pierce

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The holder with Glasses behind Hitler.

One more to the list: that's Italian Diplomat Bernardo Attolico

Here's the same photo taken from a different angle, were you can see Attolico wearing the Order and clapping his hands.