Auction 105 Winner's Unlimited - Eretz Israel and Zionism, Postcards and Photographs, Numismatics, Posters, Maps, Judaica, Holy books, Letters from Rabbis and Rebbes
Feb 21, 2018 (your local time)
Israel
 3 Shatner Center 1st Floor Givat Shaul Jerusalem

Monday, 19 February

Tuesday, 20 February

From 12:00 AM - 7:00 PM

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LOT 97:

Photograph of the Jewish Medal Recipients Who Participated in the Varaklani Olympics [Latvia], 1931

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Photograph of the Jewish Medal Recipients Who Participated in the Varaklani Olympics [Latvia], 1931

Group photograph of Jewish medal recipients who participated in the Varaklani Olympics in Latvia, 1931. 

The photograph features the winners wearing their medals, clad in uniforms sporting the star of David. Yiddish description on the back of the photo.

The participants won medals at a local Olympics held in Varaklani. A year later, the tenth World Olympics was held in Los Angeles. This was the first Olympics in which the Latvian athlete Janis Dalins won the silver medal for the 50km-walk race.

Size: 14x9 cm. Fine condition.


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