Lot 10500 – 1936 (Aug 31) “Justice for Hungary!” printed protest card saying that they were the true winners of the Olympics

Lot 10500 – 1936 (Aug 31) “Justice for Hungary!” printed protest card saying that they were the true winners of the Olympics

Olympics » 1936 Berlin » Postcards & Photographs
Price realised
Unsold
Estimate
200 EUR
Auction date
Tue 4 Jun 2019 at 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
Description

1936 (Aug 31) “Justice for Hungary!” printed protest postcard sent from Hungary to the then Foreign Secretary of Great Britain Anthony Eden with printed message in English, French and Hungarian by the Pesti Hirlap newspaper, with “XI. Olympic Games…Comparing the results with the population of the USA, 125 millions, Germany, 65 millions and Hungary, 9 millions, so Hungary is first with 1 champion per 900,000 citizens”, and protesting how the borders of Hungary were drawn after WWI, fine and very rare

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