48th (USA) Contemporary History Auction

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Olympic Games 1936 - Participant Badge Baseball

Olympic Games 1936 - Participant Badge Baseball

Olympic Games 1936 - Participant Badge Baseball

LOT US1-031
SOLD
Auction ended        1st May 2022  |  02:20 pm CEST
RESULT
$ 530,00
EXCL. BUYER’S PREMIUM: 22,50 %
THIS ITEM SHIPS FROM THE USA AND IS SOLD BY HISTORY TRADER INC. (TERMS)

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PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
MATERIAL tombak
DIMENSIONS
MAKER L. Christian Lauer
WEIGHT
US LOT US1-031
EAN 3000000004142
US LOT US1-031
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
EAN 3000000004142
MATERIAL tombak
DIMENSIONS
MAKER L. Christian Lauer
WEIGHT
PERIOD 1918 — 1945
COUNTRY Germany 1918 - 1945
US LOT US1-031
MATERIAL tombak
DIMENSIONS
EAN 3000000004142
MAKER L. Christian Lauer
WEIGHT
Germany 1918 - 1945
Olympic Games 1936 - Participant Badge Baseball


Description

The Olympic Games from 1936 were attended by 49 nations with 3,961 athletes (3,633 men and 328 women). They participated in 129 competitions in 34 different sports for about 960 medals. 

This humongous spectacle was observed by 1,800 journalists from 59 nations with 117 photographers and 41 foreign radio stations. The games were also broadcasted through 1 television station.

The Olympic Press Service published on the games since 1933 in 5 languages.

The medal count and resulting ranking as follows in part: 1. Germany, 89 medals, 2. USA, 56 medals, 3. Hungary, 16 medals, 4. Italy, 22 medals, Finland and France with 19 medals each,…

The German Olympic committee performed at the highest organizational level. Because of the unusually large participation of the games in general. Besides the creation of a new and extremely efficient infrastructure many logistical tasks had to be tackled before the games.

A task of particular importance was that of designing the Olympic badge which was to be worn by every athlete and person connected with the Games in an official capacity, denoting at the same time the function of the wearer. It was decided to follow the example of Los Angeles and to provide a combination of medal and ribbon. Of the seven artists who participated in the competition, the jury selected the designs of Professor Walter Raemisch as the most suitable. He combined the landmark of Berlin, the Brandenburg Gate, and the five connected rings symbolizing the Olympic Games in a most effective manner. This badge could be attached to ribbons of different colors and contained space for engraving the function or registration number of the wearer. The ribbons would show in addition to the badge the sport a wearer would be registered for. Tombac plated with antique silver was selected as the metal for these badges and the company “L.Chr.Lauer Nürnberg-Berlin”, was commissioned with their production, The company performed its task to complete satisfaction, producing the 14,000 badges necessary in good time before the opening of the Games.

Here a participant badge for the “Baseball”, Baseball event, with registration number “6990” and corresponding cellophane bag.

The tombac badge is marked with the manufacturers stamp: “L.Chr.Lauer Nürnberg-Berlin” and has a light blue colored ribbon with the sports designation printed on it.

Baseball was a demonstration sport at the 1936 Summer Olympics after a 24-year absence. Both of the teams that played in Berlin were from the United States. The exhibition game was played on August12, 1936, in front of 90,000 spectators in Berlin's Olympic Stadium. The two teams were named the "World Champions". The World Champions won, 6–5.


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