Other Memorabilia. Group of four original hand illustrated (in black ink) comic strips by Phil Berube (1935-1938) and one by Hollreiser (1958), one entitled "U.S. Olympic Prospects" depicting Uncle Sam and hurdler Al Moreau, one entitled "The 1936 Olympics" depicting racist stereotype of Jesse Owens and hammer throwers Don Elser and Anton Kishon; one depicting Jesse Owens and Eleanor Holm (with The Bell Syndicate archive label) and one depicting Forrest Towns; and the latter depicting Jesse Owens done for the Chicago Tribune, an attractive an unusual group (5). (Image)

Group of three books from the Baillet-Latour collection, former President of the IOC, incl. "L'Art Equestre du Monde aux Jeux Olympiques Berlin 1936" by Gustav Rau, SB, pp.22, 1937; "Die Reitkunst der Welt an den Olympischen Spielen 1936 von Grau", HB, pp.400, a presentation copy given by the German OC with Baillet-Latour bookplate; Swedish Olympic Committee official report for Berlin 1936; very fine. (Image)

1936 Berlin group of memorabilia about Swedish participants, incl. "Svenska Olympiatruppen vid XI Olympiaden i Berlin" brochure with list of Swedish participants, bag tag "SVERIGE-BERLIN OLYMPIADEN 1936 / SKANE-HALLAND", brochure from the Idrottsbladet to participants going to the Games, "Svenska Idrottsstjärnor i träning och kamp" book (faults) with Swedish participants, participant's printed luggage label with Games legend and Olympic rings, Swedish Gymnastics Federation group of 6 items incl. Organising Committee printed envelope sent to Boras and menu for dinner Aug 1936 at Berlin Zoo with pencil sketches of people attending, "Svensken P.H. Ling 1839-1939" book, and a Swedish free travel card during the Olympics (might not be 1936).

Collection of 70+ various magazines and newspapers from late 1935 to 1936 with various articles about the (mostly) Berlin Games and Garmisch-Partenkirchen Games, mostly German or American, incl. 42 copies of "Die Yacht" magazine, an intriguing lot. (Image)

Collection of cruise ship dinner menus and programmes on sailings to the Olympics from June-August 1936, with three from Hamburg-Amerika Linie with Games legends at top, a programme, Sep 1936 menu in the shape of a bell and a handpainted card which is possibly an essay for a notice for participating in the onboard games, 17 items from Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen incl. advertising brochure "Nordddeutscher Llyod Bremen Goes Olympic", letter from the President of the company with embossed Olympic bell at top, and menus from the "Bremen" and "Columbus" as well as one for the Olympic Village (3rd Aug), and United States Lines SS Manhattan menus (2) and list of passengers, a few from 1935, etc., an interesting lot for the specialist to tell the story about how visitors and participants got to the Games (31 items). (Image)

1936 German State Olympic Award Cup, 310mm tall, silver plated, with engraved Games legend, Olympic Rings and eagle & swastika, laurel wreath handles, some corrosion and toning, rare (Image)

Airforce Regiment "General Goering" hand engraved champagne bucket in silvered metal presented to Gerhard Gustmann on his gold medal victory in Rowing, 200mm high, 200mm diameter, showing swastika above "Grünaüs / grässter Held" (Grunau's greatest hero" and "Dem Leutnant Gustman / Regiment "General Göring"". (Image)

1936 Berlin group of four music booklets incl. "Olympia-Trumphmarsch" sheet music by Bernhard Kutsch (folder with 7 copies of the music), "Our Olympic Journey 1936" lyrics (German) from the "Berlingymnasternas Fest" 19th Sep 1936, "Hymnen der Völfer" national anthems for Berlin 1936, and "Das Deutsche Webelied zur 11.Olympiade Berlin 1936" sheet music, fine and scarce group. (Image)

Leni Riefenstahl's "Olympia" film group of 7 items incl. Organising Committee issued ID cards with one allowing access to the Reichsportfeld and one also allowing access to the dignitaries box (both seem to have a part removed), "Staatspolitische Filme" booklet about the movie printed by the Reichs Propaganda Bureau, pp.64; "Olympiade-Film-Gesellschaft M.B.H." headed letter to a staff member, A4 flyer by Haus de Länder theatre in Berlin for the movie in September 1938, coloured still from the German film review office, a Hamburg theatre flyer for the "Ballade vom Marathon-Lauf" and "Film-kurier" "Olympia Fest der Voelker" advertising brochure. (Image)

"Asiatische Rieterspiele, ein Beitrag zur Kulturgeschichte der Völker, Berlin", 1941, HB, by Carl Diem, a presentation copy given to Baillet-Latour (President of the IOC) and endorsed inside by Carl Diem (Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the Berlin Olympic Games), small imperfections to cover, fine and rare, ex Baillet-Latour.

Collection of 16 fold-out maps, mostly of Berlin during the Olympics and 3 of the just the Olympic stadium/area, plus a small map and two non-Olympic of Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Leni Riefenstahl, collection of books, brochures and magazines, with brochures/programmes for her movies with 11 "Olympia: Fest de Voelker" (4 different versions), 7 "Olympia: Fest der Schönheit" (4 different versions), signed greetings card from her, picture postcard, 1936 Time magazine with her on front cover incl. report of the Garmisch Opening Ceremony, two stills from "SOS Iceberg" movie, 1936 "hör mit mir", "Das Schnälbchen" and 1933 "die junge dame" with her on front cover, 1944 "The Women in Hitlers Life" booklet (2), six 1936/38 German magazines with her on the front cover of two, 1970 "Silent Picture" with her on front cover (plus 12 other copies), 1973 "Film Culture" with tribute to her, etc.

Autographs: 10 items with signatures of mostly German participants incl. autobiography of Ellen Preis signed inside (a German Jewish fencer who won gold in 1932 and bronze in 1936 & 1948 competing for Austria after being rejected by the German Federation), picture postcard of Josef Manger signed by him (weightlifting Gold), Heinz Raack (silver in Field Hockey) signed on photocopy of the hockey team, Marie Dollinger (women's 4x100m), two Canada basketball team members, one that looks to have been signed by a German gold medal winning handball player, two of Maria Kwasniewska on modern photos, and one on the back of a photo of four athletics athletes but unidentified by us, Fred Luehring Chairman of the US Olympic Swimming Committee on card with Olympic Rings, plus actor Hans Brausewetter who starred in the film "Der Läufer von Marathon" ("The Marathon Runner") (11).

"El Grafico / Olimpiada 1936" Argentinian magazine, pp.114, with attractive front cover showing Olympic Bell and laurel-crowned athlete from the official poster, inside with information and photos about the upcoming Berlin Games as well as previous Olympics, fine and scarce. (Image)

Plaque with profile of Richard Strauss in relief, cast iron, 27cm high, very fine. Note: In 1932, Richard Strauss was approached by Dr. Theodor Lewald, the German OC's representative to the IOC for an anthem to be composed for the 1936 Olympics. Early in 1933, Strauss agreed to compose an Olympic Hymn however in 1933 the IOC had chosen Walter Bradley-Keeler's Hymne Olympique, written for the 1932 Olympics, as the official Olympic anthem. The IOC however accepted Lewald's proposal to allow Germany its own Olympic anthem for the Berlin games.

"Olympia / Die Entwickelung der Spiele in Wort und Bild" group with a handpainted essay and three proofs, the essay endorsed on the reverse in pencil in German: "Design commissioned for the Reichsdruckerei foe the binding of the Olympia colour printed catalogue 1936", showing Olympic Rings and flame atop a pillar with the names of the cities to have hosted the Summer Olympics including Helsinki, the three proofs showing the different stages of the printing, attractive, would make a nice frontispiece for a 1940 Helsinki collection. (Image)

"Deutschland 1936" exhibition group (which ran concurrent with the Olympics in Berlin), incl. large entrance ticket for the Football at the "Strength through Joy" ("Kraft durch freude") exhibit and one for the Polo, two used tickets for the show at the Kaiserdamm hall, used ticket for the Olympic Art Exhibition and two tickets for a tour on the first railway (one with Olympic stamp and Bell cancel).

1936 Berlin, three items incl. Aug 28th letter from the Reichsportsführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten (who played a major role in the structure and organization of the Olympic Games) to Herman Kleeberg of the German Organising Committee for the Winter Games, thanking him as Department Head of Ice Sports for the successful German Olympic Games, signed by von Tschammer: plus a telegram sent by Dr Sepp Janko (Nazi Group Leader of the Danube Swabian German Cultural Association in Yugoslavia) to the Reichssportfeld announcing the death of von Tschammer, and Aug 18th letter on OC headed paper signed by Karl Diem (General Secretary of the OC).

Group of three Football magazines and a booklet, with "Fussball richtig gespielt!" (Football played properly) by the Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibeübungen football department in 1937, "Das Fussball-Megaphon" magazine, 13th Aug 1936, with report of the Olympic semi-final match between Norway and Poland, "Der Kicker" magazine Jan 9th 1934, and "Fussball Illustrierte Sportzeitung" magazine, 25th Aug 1936, a fine trio for the specialist.

1936 Berlin group of documents and memorabilia about the Reichssportfeld, incl. sheet music for the inauguration of the Reichsportfeld in May 1936, "From the Hasenheide to the Reichsportfeld / History of Sports in Berlin" 1936 German book, five booklets, four A-4 size plans of the area, four entrance tickets incl. one for the 1938 Festspiel, engraved copper plaque of the stadium (22.5x12.5cm), small silvered plaquette and an embossed card with the plan of the stadium.

1941 Deutsche Reichspost telegram sent to Gisela Mauermayer (gold medal winner in the discus at 1936 Berlin), sent by the Munich City Treasurer congratulating her for winning the shot and discus at the 2nd War Championships near Munich, fine.

Group of 5 Horse Riding books incl. "Die Reiterkämpfe bei den XI. Olympischen Spielen Berlin 1936" signed on the front by Reichsportsführer Hans von Tschammer und Osten, "F.E.I. Statutes and Rules of the International Equestrian Federation / Olympic Games" 1938 book, "Das Deutsche Reiterbuch" (translation: "The German Equestrian Book. Horse breeding and equestrian sports in Greater Germany") by Roeingh 1940, "Album des Deutschen Rennsports 1934", "...reitet för Deutschland" 1936 by Clemens Laar and "The Forward Impulse" 1936 by Santini. (Image)

1936 Berlin and 1948 London group of five hand-tinted slides of athletes competing at the Olympics (by E. R. Deats of Philadelphia), depicting Earle Meadows (2, slides, who won gold in the Pole Vault in 1936), Marshall Wayne (diver who won gold and silver in 1936), the famous Fanny Blankers-Koen (runner who won four golds in 1948) and Mal Whitfield (runner who two golds in 1948 and one in 1952), very fine. (Image)

"Der Läufer" poem in a 5-page booklet by Felix Dhünen which won the Gold medal for literature in the art competition at the 1936 Games, fine and scarce.

1936 Berlin (mostly) and Garmisch-Partenkirchen collection of picture cards, incl. the two volume "Olympia 1936" books (both complete) plus the same cards loose in an album (might be one or two missing), and another album of 370+ cards from different manufacturers incl. original packets.