David Feldman Olympic Games and Football June 4, 2019

91 Olympic Games and Football – Geneva, June 4, 2019 Lot N° Symbol(s) / Photo Page Cat. N° Estimate ( € ) 10237 F 1914 Second Russian Olympiad in Riga: Official vignette tied to postcard by “XXe ANNIVERSAIRE DU RETABLISSMENT DES JEUX OLYMPIQUES 1894-1914” cachet, sent from Riga with 1k tied by machine cancel, minor foxing, extremely rare with only two known, plus unused official postcard with the same image as the vignette, a rare pair 3’000 10238 1914 Second Russian Olympiad in Riga: Group of badges and medals incl. first place medal in gilt (some wear and adherence to reverse), third place medal in bronze, pin badge and stick pin, all in the shape of a shield showing a Roman chariot and Lion, and scarce pin badge showing view of Riga with laurel surround, a very rare assembly (5) 800 10239 F / 90 1914 Comical picture postcard by Bayer entitled “Olympische Spiele 1914 Wetlaufen”, showing Allied soldiers running from a German soldier, two unused examples and one used sent by Fieldpost post-free (3) 100 10240 F / 92 1914-15 Three comical postcards by publisher Samorodok, entitled Olympic Games 1914-15 in Cyrillic, depicting Boxing, Running and the High Jump, some minor faults, rare 150