David Feldman Olympic Games and Football June 4, 2019

188 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) Olympic Games and Football – Geneva, June 4, 2019 10612 F / 186 1940 Olympics fundraising plaque for the Norway team in aluminium depicting a soldier with a spear and an athlete with a javelin above the Olympic Rings and NORGE 1940, fine 50 10613 10615 10613 1940 Olympics fundraising pin for the Czech team depicting their flag above the coloured Olympic Rings and “1936” “1940”, fine 50 10614 186 American Olympic Fund 1940 car/bike plaque, 87x103mm, white metal alloy with reflective red background, showing American shield bordered by legend, originally issued for 1936 with “36” changed to “40” 200 10615 1940 US weightlifting team badge by Dieges & Clust, with image of weightlifter suspended below colour Olympic Rings and legend, fine 150 1940-1944 Intervening Championships 10616 F / 190 SKIING: 1941 Cortina D’Ampenzzo FIS skiing championship official postcard, a few paper adhesion spots on reverse, scarce Note: This event was retrospectively stripped of FIS accreditation in 1946 due to the Nazi involvement 100 1944 Cortina d’Ampezzo (Cancelled) 10617 G F A / 190 1936-44, Winter Olympics / FIS collection written up on 17 album pages, incl. 1963 FIS Innsbruck postcard, 1939 FIS cancel on cover, with items relating to the cancelled 1940 Winter Olympics with a couple of brochures and three 1940 Olympics propaganda postcards with 1941 Garmisch Winter Sports cancels, German 1941 “2nd War Ski Championships” third place presentation booklet, 1939 Cortina Sports slogan cancel on postcard, 1941 Cortina World Championship slogan cancel on pc (2), 1941 World Championships official pc unused, commemorative medal, bronze participation medal, two enamelled badges showing a downhill skier, two circular enamelled badges showing a ski jumper in front of the Earth (one in light blue, one id dark blue) plus the UNIQUE original hand- painted essay for the badge, Olympic Ring pin badge with “CORTINA”, Cortina brochure advertising 1941 Championship & 1944 Olympics (2), one for the 1944 Olympics, a desirable lot for the Winter Games specialist 2’000 - 3’000 10618 F / 190 1940 Helsinki official vignette in German tied to postcard with ms “4” making the date on the vignette 1944, at the time after Japan had been awarded the 1940 Games and Helsinki had announced their candidacy for 1944, and before Tokyo renounced their organisation of the 1940 Games, a nice showpiece 100 You can view our catalogues and bid during the auction via our website, www.davidfeldman.com