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Olympic Torch Relay Race Berlin 1936 Poster

This is a rare poster from the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. It was published by the Reichsbahnzentrale fuer den Deutschen Reiseverkehr ( Reich Committee for Tourist Traffic ), Berlin and was printed in Germany. The other corner has a small AO-1364 d. in it which I have no idea of the meaning. The poster is superb and I bought it because being from Germany one likes the occasional thing like this in the house but only because there is no Nazi symbolism anywhere to be found which actually surprised me. The poster shows the route of the torch from Greece to Germany. Nicely done! The poster is about 25 inches wide and 39.75 inches tall but the frame is a tiny bit bigger. It is signed in print in the top right hand corner but I am not sure what exactly the name is. The poster looks to be in perfect condition barring the tiny edge one cannot see with this frame. I took the poster out of the frame and it is glued onto a thicker backing cardboard. It seems rather thin and fragile by itself so that moved probably allowed it to survive so well. Also a bit of edge damage hidden under the frame (a very thin frame so any frame you use will hide it and a rip on the bottom about one inch in from the edge as shown. There is one small area of reddish transfer in the smoke cloud of the torch which came from some other object and doesn't take away from the piece at all. I have only been able to find one other poster like it in England for a crazy price and that said Olympia Torch Relay-Race 1936 in blue in the smoke of the torch while this one here is blank. I assume these were printed in different languages maybe after the fact??!! Not my specialty but this is certainly a superb piece of sports history in amazing shape. The frame and glass are in good shape as well. Please email me for more information or other pictures.

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