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1936  Berlin Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics - Olympic Memorabilia

Winner Medals

 
1936 olympic winner medal 1 1936 olympic winner medal 2
GENERAL DATA OLYMPIC WINNER MEDALS 1936
1st Place: Gold Medal Material: Gilt Silver
    Weight 71 gr
2nd Place: Silver Medal Material: Silver
    Weight 72 gr
3rd Place: Bronze Medal Material: Bronze
    Weight 74 gr
Diameter: 55 mm Design by: Prof. Guiseppe Cassioli,
Florence, Italy
* 22.10.1865  + 05.10.1942
    Mint: B.H.Mayer
Thickness: 3 mm Ribbon: None
Obverse: Victory seated above stadium holding palm branch. 
Reverse: Winner carried by jubilant athletes.
Numbers of Medals: Gold:     320                  Silver:   320                      Bronze:   320
Winner Medals 1936:

According to the Olympic Statutes, medals of victory are to be awarded in silver-gilt, silver and bronze to the victors in the various Olympic competitions. The design of the Italian sculptor, Professor Cassioli, Florence, was selected by the International Olympic Committee in 1928 as the permanent Olympic medal, the inscription being changed to correspond to each Olympic Festival. The Organizing Committee was therefore obliged only to provide an adequate number of medals from the mould, which is placed at the disposal of the proper Organizing Committee on the occasion of each Festival. This task was awarded to the firm of B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, a total of 960 medals being produced.

(Source document:  Official Report 1936, page 125)


Honouring of the victors in the 100 metre event,  1936
Left to right: Mercalfe, Owens and Osendarp.
Proposed Winners`Medal for the Berlin 1936 Olympic Games:


To the Winner in the Berlin 1936 events
 
A competition for the design of a winners`s medal for the Berlin 1936 Berlin 1936 Olympiad Games was held, and this medal was chosen. The 2 eagles probably symbolize the German Reich and Olympia. The IOC insisted on the design by Cassioli with the seated Victory.

(Source document: mail bid auction 52,  www.ioneil.com )

Participation Medal

 
Olympic participation medal  1936 Berlin Olympic participation medal 1936 Berlin
GENERAL DATA OLYMPIC PARTICIPATION MEDAL 1936
Available in 4 different versions
Material: Dark Brown Bronze Weight: 114 gr
Material: Red BrownBronze Weight: 114 gr
Material: Green brown Bronze Weight: 114 gr
Material: Bistre Brown Bronze Weight: 114 gr
Diameter: 70 mm Design by: Otto Placzek
Thickness: 7 mm Mint: * see footnote
Obverse: Five athletes, representing the five continents, pulling the ropes of the Olympic Bell.
Reverse: Olympic Bell embossed with German Eagle
 *Foundries:
 The medals were produced by four foundries:

1. Heintze & Barth;   2. Sperlich;   3. Noack;   4. Martin & Pilzing
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Olympic participation medal  1936 Berlin Olympic participation medal 1936 Berlin
Olympic participation medal  1936 Berlin Olympic participation medal 1936 Berlin
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Round red presentation box
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Commemorative Medal 1936:

It is moreover required that every athlete and all persons who participate in an official capacity shall be awarded a commemoration medal. The number of artists whose services were enlisted for this work was intentionally limited, and among the 15 invited to compete there was not one who had not performed similar tasks in a completely satisfactory manner. The prize was awarded to the Berlin sculptor, Otto Placzek, his design revealing on one side five athletes representing the different continents, all of whom are engaged in pulling the rope of the Olympic Bell. The reverse side of the medal contained the Olympic Bell in relief. Bronze was selected as the appropriate metal for this medal, and the required number of 20,000 were cast by four Berlin foundries, Heintze & Barth, Sperlich, Noack & Martin, and Pilzing. Otto Placzek was also entrusted with the designing of the other medals issued by the Organizing Committee. These included the commemoration medal for the participants in the aeroplane, automobile and bicycle rallies as well as the medal for the carrier pigeon breeders who offered their birds for the festivities of the opening day. The artist utilized a uniform design for the reverse side of all these medals, the Olympic Bell, as the symbol of the Berlin Games, while the face revealed in each case the individual significance of the medal.

(Source document:   Official Report 1936, Vol. I, page 125)

Diploma

 
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GENERAL WINNER-DIPLOMA INFORMATION 1936
Description: Embossed Olympic stadium between Brandenburg Gate and Olympic bell, on gold background.
Size: 52,5 x 41,5 cm
Design by: Prof. Ernst Boehm, Berlin
Printed by: Erasmusdruck, Berlin
Signed by: IOC President Baillet-Latour and
Organizing Committee President Lewald
Copies: 1.500
Diploma 1936:

Special care was taken in the selection of a design for the diploma, which, according to the Olympic Statutes, should be presented to the victors in addition to the medals. Twelve leading German graphic artists were invited to submit designs, and the results varied widely. The prizewinning design of Professor Ernst Boehm, Berlin, represented an entirely new conception of such a diploma. He utilized white cardboard for his diploma, the Brandenburg Gate and Olympic Bell, as symbols of the Games, being printed on a gilt background, while the Olympic Stadium embossed in white formed the centre piece. The central portion of the certificate was divided by a gold band upon which the word, "Ehrenurkunde" was inscribed. Above it the inscription, "XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936," was engraved in red on a white background and the lower part contained the name of the victor, his country and the sport in which he participated. At the bottom of the diploma was another gold band upon which the facsimile signatures of the Presidents of the International Olympic Committee and Organizing Committee as well as the five Olympic rings in their original colours were embossed. The Berlin firm, Erasmus-Druck GmbH, undertook the production of these diplomas, an extremely difficult task because of the unusual material used, and provided a total of 1,500, including appropriate folders. The paper was contributed by the firm, J. W. Zander, Berlin, first-rate paper being provided for this purpose.

(Source document:  Official Report 1936, page 126)

Badges

  Badges 1936:

A task of particular importance was that of designing the Olympic badge which was to be worn by every athlete and person connected with the Games in an official capacity, denoting at the same time the function of the wearer. It was decided to follow the example of Los Angeles and to provide a combination of medal and ribbon. Of the seven artists who participated in the competition, the jury selected the designs of Professor Walter Raemisch as the most suitable. He combined the landmark of Berlin, the Brandenburg Gate, and the five connected rings symbolizing the Olympic Games in a most effective manner. This badge could be attached to ribbons of different colours and also contained space for engraving the function of the wearer. Tombac plated with antique silver was selected as the metal for these badges and Messrs. Lauer, Nuremberg, were commissioned with their production, The company performed its task to complete satisfaction, producing the 14,000 badges necessary because of the unusually large participation in good time before the opening of the Games. 

The five Olympic rings having already been utilized as a publicity badge for the Games as early as 1935 with a total sale of 400,000, the Organizing Committee decided to produce a special visitor's badge to be sold after the opening of the Festival. Professor Raemisch was also entrusted with the designing of this emblem, and utilized the landmark of Berlin and the Olympic rings, this time, however, the rings being placed under the Brandenburg Gate. An extremely attractive badge was the result, 675,000 being produced in Tombac and ivory enamel. The same design was enlarged to form an automobile plaque, the sale of these being restricted to limited circles. As a gesture of honour to the former Olympic victors, the Organizing Committee arranged a reception during the course of the Games for which occasion a special badge was created, this revealing the symbolic wreath held in a raised hand. An open space was also left for the engraving of the name of the victor and the Olympic Festival in which he attained his victory. Messrs. Poellath in Schrobenhausen were entrusted with the production of these badges.

(Source document:    Official Report 1936, page 125)

List of all Official Badges 1936:  
Attache
Chef de Mission, NOK
IF President, Athletics
IF President, Baseball
IF President, Basketball
IF President, Boxing
IF President, Canoeing
IF President, Cycling
IF President, Equestrian
IF President, Fencing
IF President, Football
IF President, Gliding
IF President, Gymnastics
IF President, Handball
IF President, Hockey
IF President, Modern Pentathlon
IF President, Polo
IF President, Rowing
IF President, Shooting
IF President, Swimming
IF President, Weightlifting
IF President, Wresling
IF President, Yachting
IF Secretary, Athletics
IF Secretary, Baseball
IF Secretary, Basketball
IF Secretary, Boxing
IF Secretary, Canoeing
IF Secretary, Cycling
IF Secretary, Equestrian
IF Secretary, Fencing
IF Secretary, Footbll
IF Secretary, Gliding
IF Secretary, Gymnastics
IF Secretary, Handball
IF Secretary, Hockey
IF Secretary, Modern Pentathlon
IF Secretary, Polo
IF Secretary, Rowing
IF Secretary, Shooting
IF Secretary, Swimming
IF Secretary, Weightlifting
IF Secretary, Wrestling
IF Secretary, Yachting
IOC, JOK
Judge, Art
Judge, Athletics
Judge, Basketball
Judge, Boxing
Judge, Canoeing  
Judge, Cycling  
Judge, Equestrian  
Judge, Fencing  
Judge, Football  
Judge, Gymnastics  
Judge, Handball  
Judge, Hockey  
Judge, Honour  
Judge, Modern Pentathlon  
Judge, Polo  
Judge, Rowing  
Judge, Shooting  
Judge, Swimming  
Judge, Weightlifting  
Judge, Wrestling  
Judge, Yachting  
Kraft., Fahrdienst  
Media, Film
Media, Foto  
Media, Radio  
Medical, Stab
NOC, NOK                                  
OC Official, Athletics  
OC Official, Athletics 2  
OC Official, Basketball  
OC Official, Boxing  
OC Official, Canoeing  
OC Official, Cycling  
OC Official, Equestrian  
OC Official, Fencing  
OC Official, Football  
OC Official, Gymnastics  
OC Official, Handball  
OC Official, Hockey  
OC Official, Modern Pentathlon  
OC Official, Polo  
OC Official, Rowing  
OC Official, Shooting  
OC Official, Swimming  
OC Official, Weightlifting  
OC Official, Wresling  
OC Official, Yachting  
Olympic Village, Stab
Organizing Committee, 1  
Organizing Committee, 2  
Organizing Committee, Personal  
Organizing Committee, Stab
Organizing Committee 2, Stab  
Participant, Art  
Participant, Athletics  
Participant, Baseball  
Participant, Basketball  
Participant, Boxing
Participant, Canoeing  
Participant, Cycling  
Participant, Equestrian
Participant, Fencing  
Participant, Football  
Participant, Gliding  
Participant, Gymnastics  
Participant, Handball  
Participant, Hockey  
Participant, Modern Pentathlon  
Participant, Polo  
Participant, Rowing  
Participant, Shooting  
Participant, Swimming  
Participant, Weightlifting  
Participant, Wrestling  
Participant, Yachting  
Press, Presse
Team Captain, Athletics  
Team Captain, Basketball  
Team Captain, Boxing  
Team Captain, Canoeing  
Team Captain, Cycling  
Team Captain, Fencing
Team Captain, Equestrian  
Team Captain, Football  
Team Captain, Gliding  
Team Captain, Gymnastics  
Team Captain, Handball  
Team Captain, Hockey  
Team Captain, Modern Pentathlon  
Team Captain, Polo  
Team Captain, Rowing
Team Captain, Shooting  
Team Captain, Swimming  
Team Captain, Weightlifting  
Team Captain, Wrestling  
Team Captain, Yachting  

Poster

 
GENERAL INFORMATION OLYMPIC POSTER 1936
Design by: Franz Würbel
Size: 25,5 x 39 cm (small)
Copies small: 33.000
Size: 62 x 100 cm (large)
Copies large: 243.000
Comment: There are 19 different languages
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Olympic Poster 1936:

The first important task was the designing of an official publicity poster for the Games, and as early as June, 1934 a competition was announced by the Publicity Committee for the Eleventh Olympic Games, 49 outstanding German graphic artists enrolling, out of which 44 submitted 59 posters. The result, however, was unsatisfactory. The threefold object, that of indicating the importance of the Olympic Games, calling attention to Berlin as the host city and of publicizing the Games in an effective and internationally understandable manner, was not achieved. In view of the regulation of the Reich Chamber of Culture to the effect that prizes offered in a competition must be awarded regardless of whether or not the results are satisfactory, the five best designs were duly selected and the artists rewarded. The first prize was awarded to the Dresden artist, Willy Petzold, whose design, an antique bronze head bearing a wreath of victory, was inadequate for the official Olympic poster although it appeared to be suitable for publicizing the Olympic Art Exhibition and was later used for this purpose.

The Publicity Committee, which was responsible for advertising the Games, then assumed active charge of the selection of an official poster and engaged a series of artists for this purpose. From the designs submitted, that of the Berlin painter and graphic artist, Würbel, was finally selected. His poster revealed the quadriga of the Brandenburg Gate as the landmark of the host city, Berlin, and behind this the shadowy figure of a wreathed victor with his arm raised in the Olympic greeting, this symbolizing Olympic sport. The five rings were also included in the background and the words, "Berlin 1936, Olympic Games, 1st-16th August," were inscribed in the capitals of the Brandenburg Gate. The latter was blue-grey and the inscription the same colour except in a lighter tone. The figure of the victor was portrayed in olive-green against a grey and rose background and the five Olympic rings were given their original colours of blue, yellow, black, green and red. The poster was distributed to and displayed in every country of the world and was issued in all of the important languages.

( Source document:   Official Report 1936, page 124)

Pictograms

 
Olympic Games Berlin 1936


 picto used during the Berlin 1936 games
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pictogram olympic games 1936 berlin

Athletics
 
Boxing
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pictogram olympic games 1936 berlin

Football

Handball 

 

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pictogram olympic games 1936 berlin

Kayak
 
Weightlifting

 

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Equestrian

Rowing

 

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Gymnastik

Sailing

Postage Stamps

8 special stamps were published + 2 Souvenir sheets
First Day: 8. May 1936
Engraver: ?
Designer: M. Eschle
 
Value Colour / Discription Michel No Edition
3 + 2 Pfg. brown Gymnastics 609 ?
4 + 3 Pfg. blue Diver 610 ?
6 + 4 Pfg green Footballer 611 ?
8 + 4 Pfg  red Javelin thrower 612 ?
12 + 6 Pfg  red Torchbearer 613 ?
15 + 10 Pfg  blue Fencer 614 ?
25 + 15 Pfg  blue Double scullers 615 ?
40 + 35 Pfg  violet Show jumper 616 ?
Valid to:   30.06.1937
 
 
 

 

In accordance with the world-wide importance of the Olympic ideals, special Olympic postage stamps and postcards were issued, these including eight denominations of postage stamps and two postcards for the Games in Berlin, and two special postcards for the Olympic yachting competition at Kiel. In addition, booklets of stamps were also prepared, some of which gave the postal tariff in four languages. There were also two blocks of four stamps each on special water-marked paper, these comprising all of the eight denominations. A fixed supplement, printed on the postage stamps and postcards, was added to their price, this being used to further German athletics. For this reason, the German Sport Assistance was especially active in selling these stamps. During the period of the Games, from August 1st to 16th, special Olympic cancellation machines were used to cancel the postage stamps at the special post offices in Berlin and Kiel, as well as at the stamp mailing depot. These were as follows:

There was a total of 16 different cancellation stamps with varying inscriptions. As it was necessary to make several machines with identical inscriptions, these were provided with distinguishing letters. The total number of special Olympic cancellation machines was 193. The special post offices accepted everything except large packages. Telegrams could be sent and telephone calls made. These post offices also maintained a general delivery service and cashed travellers’ cheques. Packages were received and given out at the Olympic Village, at the post office for the general public in the Olympic Stadium, and at certain storage post offices. Due to the measures which had been taken well in advance, the organization functioned smoothly and extraordinary rushes of business on certain days were handled without difficulty. In general, there was only a limited increase in the number of postal money orders, consignments of valuables and packages sent.

 
 
  

On the other hand, great numbers of registered letters and even more air mail letters were sent. The registered letters were mostly for the purpose of sending and cancelling postage stamps for stamp collectors. Due to the advantageous air connections from Berlin in every direction, the press representatives in particular welcomed the opportunity to send fairly long articles and pictures by air rather than by means of the more expensive telegraph or wireless. The great crowds who filled the special post offices on all contest sites wished for the most part to buy Olympic postage stamps and have them cancelled. At times, especially before and after the competition, there was an extraordinary rush at certain special post offices, which could only be handled through pre-arranged auxiliary measures. 

The most important of these measures was the employment of about 100 itinerant stamp salesmen (usually 40 at one time in the Olympic Stadium), from whom the public could make the desired purchases without entering the post offices. The same purpose was served by 10 recently developed mobile counters, which were used on this occasion for the first time. At these counters Olympic postage stamps were sold and could also be cancelled at once if desired. The selling was also expedited through the sale of souvenir sheets, on which a complete set of the 8 Olympic stamps had been pasted. These were very much sought after by philatelists and souvenir collectors. Over 200,000 of these sheets were sold during the 16 days. 85,000 such stamp sets were cancelled for the German Sport Assistance alone. Among these were 25,000 sheets on which each individual stamp received a different cancellation. A special stamp sending and cancellation desk was created in the Olympic Postal Bureau of the Charlottenburg 9 Post Office. This desk was intended to relieve some of the burden on the special post offices caused by the collectors’ requirements for stamps. All the requests by letter, which came in from all parts of the world, for the sending and cancellation of Olympic stamps, were dealt with at this desk. 

Up to 4,000 orders were received daily, these including entire baskets full of ordinary letters, registered and insured letters. Over 100 employees were kept busy day and night, sorting and dealing with these letters. Thousands of requests, written in all the languages of the world, had to be filled. There were often requests for certain of the Olympic cancellations, or for all 193 with the different distinguishing letters of the alphabet. An especially large number of letters and postcards were sent to North America on the “Hindenburg” on August 5th and 16th. Three thousand registered letters were delivered by one firm alone for the voyage on August 5th. Four thousand five hundred picture postcards with Olympic stamps were cancelled and sent to foreign countries for one large German firm and another concern sent 34,000 postcards. A total of more than 50,000 orders were filled, requiring the cancellation of about 1,200,000 letters and postcards and the sending of over 1,400,000 stamps either loose or pasted on. In addition to the ordinary letters, it was necessary to prepare and send over 66,000 registered letters.

 

Aside from the business at the special post office, there was naturally a considerable increase in business at the post offices in the busiest parts of the city, and particularly in the West End. Therefore, in the period from July 20th to August 20th, 66 additional offices for the sale of stamps were opened in different parts of the city, and the number of salesmen was increased, especially near the Reich Sport Field and at the Municipal Railway and Underground Railway stations. Postal employees were also stationed in the municipal traffic kiosks, where they sold stamps and gave information concerning all postal matters. This measure proved very helpful. In Potsdam, which was visited by great numbers of the Olympic guests, a corresponding information desk was also created in the post office. Linguistically qualified employees were placed behind the counters in the busiest post offices. Thus the numerous foreigners who came to the post offices could also be accommodated without difficulty.

There was a considerable increase especially in the number of letters sent, due to the crowds of visitors from outside Berlin. In order to assure prompt despatch of this mail, numerous letter boxes were installed at the Reich Sport Field, its entrances, and at the other competition sites, in addition to the letter boxes at the special post offices. The intervals of time between the collections from these additional letter boxes varied according to requirements. The mail collected from these letter boxes was given the appropriate cancellation and taken to the competent Berlin letter sorting offices. Supplementary and additional night collections were made from all street letter boxes in Greater Berlin. The total number of outgoing letters in the period from August 1st to 16th was 102,000,000, or 17,000,000 more than the normal number. The measures taken (the establishment of special cancellation offices, the increase in personnel at the letter sorting offices, increased night service and extension of the office dealing with foreign post) resulted in the smooth functioning of the task of handling the mail, even though this work was made considerably more difficult on account of the greatly increased number of letters addressed to foreign countries.

(Source document:   Official Report 1936, Vol. I, page 390)

 

Tickets

 
  

At the 1932 Olympic Games, it was possible to adopt the system customary in the U.S.A. of one price category, or at the most two. In Berlin, however, it was necessary to take into consideration the entirely different financial circumstances and habits of European lovers of sport. This led us to base our division into categories on the system followed in Amsterdam, where, moreover, season tickets for the different sports had been sold. As contrasted with 324 different kinds of tickets in Amsterdam, there were 166 in Los Angeles, and 660 in Berlin.

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 The Printing of the Tickets:

The tickets were designed by the artist Werner Beucke and printed by the Giesecke & Devrient Press of Leipzig which specializes in the printing of securities. The firms, Bajanz & Studer, Berlin, and Bireka A. G., Staaken, provided tickets for the elimination rounds as well as tickets needed shortly before or during the Olympic Games (for example, for the repetition of the Festival Play).

Three principles governed the production of the tickets:

1. The print, size and colour of the tickets: as well as the order of the necessary  particulars printed on the 
    tickets, must be such that the many types can be differentiated at a glance.
2. Forgeries must be made practically impossible.
3. The ticket should be an artistic souvenir.

The tickets were divided into four principal types.

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1. Tickets for the Olympic Stadium.

They were distinguished from the tickets for all other centres where contests were held by their size:  5 X 2.8 inches. In the centre was a picture of the Olympic Stadium  from an original woodcut. The six  colours for 1st and 2nd stand seats, 3rd stand seats on the east side and on the west side, standing room on the east side and standing room on the west side, were different for the first and second weeks. On the back of the ticket was a plan of the Olympic Stadium.

2. Tickets for other centres of competition.

They were 5.2 X 2.4 inches. In the centre was the Olympic Bell. It was also impossible in this case to have different colours for each category. Therefore a different colour was merely used for each site. On the back of the tickets was a plan showing the location of the different sites. 

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3. Tickets placed on sale after July 1st, 1936.

The danger of forgery was not great in the case of these tickets. They were therefore given a simpler form. They were principally tickets for the art exhibition, for the handball and football elimination rounds, half-day and similar tickets. In order to be prepared for unforeseen eventualities, 100,000 general tickets without dates or  mention of location were printed in nine categories. It was necessary  to use these tickets in several instances.

4. Blanket Passes.

These were special tickets of two types. One was of the same size as the Olympic Stadium tickets and valid  only for this site. The other one, which was 5.2 X 2.4 inches, with no place indication, was valid for all events and performances. These passes were for visitors who could prove that their tickets had been lost. In special cases they were also used to fulfil urgent requirements for complimentary tickets, to permit the entry of groups in mass formation and for other special arrangements.

(Source document:   Official Report 1936, Vol. I, page 481)


 
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Numbers of visitors:   3.769.900
  

Vignettes

There are  52 Vignettes known
Some Examples:
 
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Picture Postcards

 
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Identity Card

 
Olympic Identity Cards

The Organizing Committee provided active participants, accompanying officials, and members of the National Olympic Committees and the IOC, with Olympic identity cards. The cards were sent to the National Olympic Committees who took responsibility for their being filled-out, certified, and distributed.

The statistics of the issue of Olympic identity cards showed the ratio between the number of active team members and the total number of cards issued. Altogether one-third of the total number went to active competitors. Accordingly, about two-thirds of the identity cards were issued to officials, judges, or to persons accompanying the teams or standing in some relation or other to them. It was not possible for the Organizing Committee to check the persons to whom Olympic identity cards were given as it was entrusted to the National Olympic Committees to account properly for their distribution. The lists of the identity cards issued were handed in to the Organizing Committee at the time when teams arrived. Speaking generally, the large number of non-active persons who had received identity cards came as a surprise to the Organizing Committee, which had itself been very sparing in the issue of these special passes.
 

The Olympic identity card entitled the holder to the following privileges:

1. Grant of the German travel vise free of charge by the German consular authorities.

2 . Reduced fares on all steamship, railway and air lines of the world. The extent of the reduction could be seen in a booklet published by the Organizing Committee, "Travel and Transport Reductions."

3 . Customs facilities granted by the Reich Ministry of Finance.

4 . 50% reduction in fares on the German State Railway, and free baggage up to 75 kilogrammes including sports apparatus.

5 . Free travel on all Berlin systems of transportation.

6 . Special advantages for the "Chefs de Mission" after arrival in Berlin; these including the right of admission to the seats reserved for competitors in the Stadium.

The Olympia identity card did not confer the right of free admission to the scenes of competition
without a participants' badge or participants' ticket.

tabelle

 

(Source document: Official Report 1936 Berlin, Vol. I, page 256)

 

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