Nazi Germany/Third Reich - 1936 Berlin Olympics, an archive-...

Hammer

£380

Nazi Germany/Third Reich - 1936 Berlin Olympics, an archive-collection of 50 souvenir pieces and ephemera, including a Junghans pocket watch, the brass circular dial centred by the Reichsadler, the verso in relief with the Brandenburg Gate above the five Olympic rings, (1); Reichskulturkammer metal watch or medal case, dated 20 April 1936, (1); another, similar, Reichsadler, Olympic rings and Berlin 1936 only, (1); Tickets: Football Semi-Final, &, Handball Final, each torn for use, (2); official programmes for rowing, ice skating, athletics, sailing, gymnastics, handball and diving, (7); Deutsches Opernhaus Berlin seasonal programme, unsurprisingly Wagner's operas with a cast sheet for Lohengrin loosely inserted, (2); the official Olympic Games badge, in tones of blue, black, red, yellow and green enamel, (1); Newspapers, 3 copies of the Olympia Zeitung: No. 17, 6th August, No. 21, 10th August, & No. 28, 17th August, (3); Winter Olympics, Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, In Berlin und Garmisch-Partenkirchen, volume I only, b/w illustrations, contemporary pictorial blue cloth, 4to, (1); a leather purse, Olympiade Berlin 1936, (1); Coin, 1936, 5 Reichsmark, (1); Banknote, 20 Reichsmark, (1); Travel/Tram tickets, various, (4); two Art Deco design circular beadwork samplers, Berlin, variously coloured Bakelite-type beads, (2); Willkommen in Berlin..., pocket guide, (1); official Summer Olympics visitors' programme, (1); Deutsche Reichspost guide, multiple languages, (1); Reich Committee tourist sheet, (1); Olympia-Gale, Dresden: [1936], (1); songs/hymnal sheet, (1); official city map, issued for the Olympics; further official programmes and other ephemera, [50]