German, circa 1936. 1936 Berlin Olympic Games scrapbook containing a rare Jugend Ehrendienst blue sleeve triangle patch in blue with Olympic rings above "Jugend Ehrendienst" in yellow; 5 pencil autographs from Olympic American, German Korean, and Japanese athletes including Forrest Grady "Spec" Towns (Gold Medallist in 110m hurdles), Gordon Glover "Slinger" Dunn (Silver Medallist in discus throw), James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (Gold Medallist in 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m relay, and long jump), Maximillian Adolph Otto Siegried "Max" Schmeling (not part of Olympic Games), and Sohn Kee-chung also known as Son Kitei (Gold Medallist in marathon) over 55 black and white small photographs documenting the events and its athletic participants; a typed letter dated July, 14, 1936 discussing the Jugend Ehrendienst program, signed "W. Schuren"; three "20 CENTAVOS COMITE OLIMPICO CHILE OLIMPIADA BERLIN" vignette labels or stamps (one attached to exterior of scrapbook); accompanied with a beige hardcover book, "Olympia 1936" by Willi Fr. Konitzer, published in 1936 by Reichssportverlag in Berlin, text in German with black and white images throughout. Scrapbook measures approximately 7.5" x 10.5". Provenance: Property from the Private Collection of Baroness Liselotte von Schwarzbek, Vienna, Austria thence by descent through the family to the present owner in Atlanta, Georgia. Note: The Jugend Ehrendienst were younger German citizens that served as liaisons for athletes in town for the Olympic Games. They acted as tour guides, performed tasks at ceremonies and provided language translation.
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