Olympic 1936 collectors any?

[bmsmear]

a bit more...

[37Norwegen]

Great thread! I have a few items laying about. I'll try and post some pictures later this weekend.

Cheers

[chiffonnier]

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[Gordon Craig]

Kees,

Great scarf!

Regards,

Gordon

[chiffonnier]

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[colt45s]

lots of great items I never saw before

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[Don Bible]

1936 Berlin Olympics Games medal

From this poor photograph, can anyone tell me if this is the standard 1936 Berlin Olympic Games medal that was awarded to all connected with the event...down to the beer and pretzel vendors?
Is the circular cog-wheel badge with the swastika pinned on the ribbon original to the ribbon...or something that was added on?
Thanks for any additional information.

[fredswiss]

Don,
It's difficult to tell for sure from the one small photo but it does look like it is an original medal IMO. The DAF cogwheel pin would have been added later as you suspected.
Fred

[Don Bible]

Thanks Fred. I am familiar with the medals, but had never seen one with the pinned on wheel before. I thought it was an add on.

[Hundestaffel]

This currently for sale on the net....a fantastic '36 Olympic grouping indeed....

[Diane]

This currently for sale on the net....a fantastic '36 Olympic grouping indeed....

Wow that's very impressive.

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[Hundestaffel]

Note that at least one - possibly both - of the Cufftitles shown in the sales scan are to be seen in the original period photo (as is the green ribbed lapel pin)....

[Br. James]

I like the eagles on the jackets in the photo and also on the shirt shown in the Ausweis; wish I could see the eagles up closer. They look like they could be a version of the Reichstag Governmental Eagle...which would surely be appropriate. Very nice artifacts!

Br. James

[pauke]

flag and visor

Not really worthy of posting an image but I have a standard HJ flag approx. 3'x5' an old history professor of mine "liberated" while he was at the Olympics as a visitor. I always thought it was a daring and very risky act. The Ryan Lochte of his day? A German friend in Berlin gave me an army enlisted infantry visor hat his father received from a soldier family friend who was at the games. They lived in the west side of the city not too far from the Olympic grounds. My third not-quite-"relic" is I worked at the '72 Olympics in Munich and a co-worker who had served in the Wehrmacht told me he was so enthusiastic about the games as a youth that he swore that he would work at the games if they ever returned to Germany. Otherwise he had zero interest in talking about the war. I went in several antique shops during the games and WW 1 EK 2's cost about 12-20 D-Marks and I got a handful.