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1936 BERLIN XI SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES TORCH FACKEL KRUPP
Ladies and Gents, we are pleased to offer this week, from an outstanding private Olympic Memorabilia Collection, an ultra rare Original German c.1936 Berlin Games of the XI Olympiad Official Torch.
Acid etched/engraved top reads:
Organisations-Komitee Fur Die XI.Olympiade Berlin 1936 * Als Dank Dem Trager.
Inner side of top reads Krupp Nirosta V2A Stahl Stiftung Der Fried.Krupp A.G. Essen
Route of the Olympic Relay drawn with cities Berlin, Dresden, Prag, Wien, Budapest, Belgrad, Sofia, Saloniki, Delphi, Athens and Mount Olympia.
Historical Reference:
1936 BERLIN XI SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES TORCH FACKEL KRUPP
Games of the XI Olympiad
The 1936 Olympics, held in Berlin, are best remembered for Adolf Hitler’s failed attempt to use them to prove his theories of
Aryan racial superiority. As it turned out, the most popular hero of the Games, was the African-American sprinter and long
jumper Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals. During the long jump competition, Owens’ German rival, Luz Long, publicly
befriended him in front of the Nazis. 1936 saw the introduction of the torch relay, in which a lighted torch is carried from Olympia
to the site of the current Games. The 1936 Olympics were also the first to be broadcast on a form of television. Twenty-five
large screens were set up throughout Berlin, allowing the local people to see the Games for free. Basketball, canoeing and
team handball made their first appearances, while polo was included in the Olympic programme for the last time.
Thirteen-year-old Marjorie Gestring of the United States won the gold medal in springboard diving. She remains the youngest
female gold medalist in the history of the Summer Olympics. Inge Sorensen of Denmark earned a bronze medal in the 200m
breaststroke at the age of 12, making her the youngest medalist ever in an individual event. Hungarian water polo player Olivier
Halassy won his third medal despite the fact that one of his legs had been amputated below the knee following a streetcar accident.
Rower Jack Beresford of Great Britain won a gold medal in the double sculls event, marking the fifth Olympics at which he earned
a medal. Kristjan Palusalu of Estonia won the heavyweight division in both freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling.
49 NOCs (Nations); 3,963 athletes (331 women, 3,632 men); 129 events.
Opening date: 01 August 1936, Closing date: 16 August 1936,
Country of the host city: Germany (GER), Candidate cities: Barcelona (ESP),
Sports: 19, Aquatics, Athletics, Basketball, Boxing, Canoe / Kayak, Cycling, Equestrian, Fencing, Football, Gymnastics,
Handball, Hockey, Modern Pentathlon, Polo, Rowing, Sailing, Shooting, Weightlifting, Wrestling,
Official opening of the Games by: Chancellor Adolf Hitler; Lighting the Olympic Flame by: Fritz Schilgen (athletics)
Olympic Oath by: Rudolf Ismayr (weightlifting), Official Oath by: The first officials' oath was sworn at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
Torch weighs 462 Grams, 27cm tall; 155mm diameter of the top and 87mm diameter of the bottom. Condition is excellent without chips or cracks, there are minor traces of ages and wear, minor darker traces of the fire lit inside inner tube.
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