HARVEY ABRAMS-BOOKS
Specializing in Olympic Games & History of Sport
Books - Posters - Memorabilia
PO Box 732
State College, PA USA 16804

tel: (814) 321-4018 ~~~ email: Olympicbks@aol.com



Olympic Games Memorabilia
Medals, Badges, Pins, Collectibles

This page was updated August 1, 2014

How this sale works....


I am adding new material shortly.
This is an opportunity to fill in your collection or acquire material for trades. Everything on this page is for sale - These are Buy Now prices but I will consider counter offers on larger purchases. Every item is illustrated in one of the group photos.

How to pay? Scroll below and you will find all the options. PAYPAL is now available with certain restrictions.




1912 Stockholm Olympic Games


  • King Gustav V medal. Silver medal on a ribbon 31 x 45 mm. . ...$ 725.00

    OBV: Bust of King Gustav V facing left. In relief above reads: GUSTAV . V . SVERIGES . KONUNG. The designer's name is below the bust to the right A. LINDBERG. RV: Branches of laurel and palm are crossed and tied together, the three crowns of Sweden placed to the left, right and below. At top it reads: FEMTE / OLYMPIADEN / STOCKHOLM 1912. Above the medal is attached a three dimensional crown with an orb and cross. Through the orb is attached a 12 mm. ring to which the ribbon was originally attached. Almost extremely fine. Very nice toning. Blue and gold ribbon missing the latch used to attach the badge to the jacket. (Abrams tr12 90049)
    See the image here - top row, middle item on the ribbon:
    Group Photo # 1 of Olympic memorabilia - seven (7) items.


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GROUP PHOTO LINKS:
1. Group Photo # 1 of Olympic memorabilia - seven (7) items.
2. Group Photo # 2 of Olympic memorabilia - three (3) items.



Lot of 10 Olympic & Sports Pins


  • [Lot of 10 items]. An uncatalogued selection of Olympic Games and sports pins, with one tie clasp, sold as a lot.
    All ten (10) items as is............................................BUY it NOW price is $175.00.
    Feel free to make a counter-offer.

    Items include an NOC pin from India as well as a variety of other Olympic related and other sports pins. (Abrams pins 5).



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1920 Antwerp Olympic Games


  • Bronze Participant's Medallion, 60 mm. diameter...$ 550.00

    OBV: An ancient Greek priestess places a victory crown on the victorious athletes as two athletes look on. The female stands on steps between a tall column at left and a tripod with smoke rising from a cauldron at right. In the rear is the skyline of Antwerp. In Exergue reads VIIME OLYMPIADE - ANVERS. Below reads MCMXX. The designer's name P. THEUNIS is inscribed just above. RV: A female Goddess flying left with a victory crown in her extended right arm, about to crown the athlete driving a chariot with two rearing horses. Very fine. Slight edge knick. (Abrams t7 90263).

    See the image here - the round medal on the right:
    Group Photo # 2 of Olympic memorabilia - three (3) items.


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1924 Paris Olympic Games


  • Bronze Participant's Medallion. 55.5 mm diameter. . ...$ 595.00

    OBV: A winged Goddess places a victory crown upon the head of a victorious athlete while others are in line behind him. At the bottom is the designer's name RAOUL B?NARD. RV: Within a semi-circular view is a scene of the River Seine and the Old City of Paris in the distance, the towers of the Cathedral of Notre Dame dominating the view. The inscription reads VIIIe OLYMPIADE / PARIS / 1924. Below are the intitials "B" and "R" overlapped, for the designer. Fine. In original presentation box with gilt titles: VIIIe / OLYMPIADE / PARIS 1924, very good, rubbed corners. (Abrams tr12 90075a)
    See the image here:
    Group Photo # 1 of Olympic memorabilia - seven (7) items.

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1936 Berlin Olympic Games Medals, Badges and Pins


  • 1936(a) [Berlin] Bronze enamel pin 35x21 mm., (Czechoslovakia). (1st of 2 in stock) V. fine....$ 325.00
    Bronze with red, white blue enamel flag. The design shows a stylized pigeon flying left with the Czechoslovakian flag in three enamel colors. The pins were only for the Czechoslovakian delegation that brought pigeons to the Opening Ceremonies in Berlin (not doves as is widely reported incorrectly). The birds were released during the Opening Ceremony to announce the beginning of the Games - most of the birds were from the Czechoslovakian group. (Abrams tr12 90117a)


  • 1936(d) [Garmisch-Partenkirchen] Silver enamel pin, 35 mm. diameter. V. fine....$325.00
    Blue enamel sky with black and white enamel mountains and snow, with five Olympic rings below in blue, yellow, black, green and red enamels. Black enamel letters surround the image and read: IV. OLYMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE / 19 / 36 / GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN.
    RV: Safety pin style attachment soldered to the back. Manufacturer's name embossed on the round attachment: C. POELLATH / SCHROBENHAUSEN. (Abrams tr11 90120)

    This pin (actually it is more like a badge than a pin) is the official souvenir of the 1936 Olympic Winter Games and is authentic.


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    See the images for all four of these items here, but keep in mind that one Czech pin and the 1936 badge with Swastica are SOLD:
    Group Photo # 1 of Olympic memorabilia - seven (7) items.



75th IOC Session - Vienna, 1974


  • Official IOC Session Badge for Sandy Duncan, Secretary, British Olympic Association. ...$ 2,750.00

    Back to School Special....Save 20% off this price until September 1, 2013.


    Bronze enamel badge with green ribbon, personalized for DUNCAN. Rectangular badge 30 x 50 mm. with 60 mm (70 from back) green ribbon below. The design is an enbossed circle (28 mm diameter) with text inside as 75 / SESSION / IOC / five Olympic rings. Red enamel bands above and below WIEN '74 which is within yellow enamel. The yellow enamel is broken and missing below the "N" in "WIEN" and below and to the right of the date "74". Most of the lower red enamel band is missing. Sold as is with faults as described. Kenneth Sandilands (Sandy) Duncan was a British athlete in the 1920's and 1930's who became Secretary of the British Olympic Association for decades. Provenance: Sandy was a personal friend who gave this badge to me as a gift in the early 1980's. It is being de-accessioned from the Abrams collection. (Abrams tr13 90xxx).

    See the image here:
    Group Photo # 1 of Olympic memorabilia - seven (7) items.


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2nd All-AFRICA GAMES, Lagos, [Nigeria], 1973


  • Official Badge for the President of the 2nd All-Africa Games [Lagos, 1973] ...$ 875.00

    White metal rectangular badge 35 x 11 mm., with PRESIDENT in relief; red ribbon 34 mm. wide hanging below with two white metal five-pointed stars and a round white metal medallion below. The medallion is white metal with green enamel, 40 mm diameter, the text within reads 2nd ALL-AFRICA GAMES / LAGOS 1973. Within the center circle is attached a three-dimensional metal figure of a native African in traditional headress, 4 mm thick. Almost very fine. Rare. (Abrams tr13 90206).

    See the image here:
    Group Photo # 2 of Olympic memorabilia - three (3) items.


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3rd MEDITTERANEAN GAMES, Beirut, [Lebanon], 1959


  • Official Badge for a Participant in the IIIrd Mediterranean Games [Beirut, Lebanon 1959] ...$ 475.00

    White metal rectangular plaque 35 x 13 mm., with border on top and PARTICIPANT in relief. A half green, half black ribbon 29 mm. wide hangs below with a round white metal medallion below. The medallion is 30 mm diameter, shows the symbol of Lebanon, a large tree, in relief. The legend reads in French IIIEMES JEUX MEDITERRANEENS / BEYROUTH / 1959. E. fine. Rare. (Abrams tr13 90198).

    See the image here:
    Group Photo # 2 of Olympic memorabilia - three (3) items.


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Lot of 12 Olympic & Sports Pins


  • [Lot of 12 items]. An uncatalogued selection of Olympic Games and sports pins sold as a lot.
    All twelve (12) items as is............................................BUY it NOW price is $175.00.
    Feel free to make a counter-offer.

    Items include some NOC pins (Chile, Italy, Jugoslavia, as well as a variety of other Olympic related and other sports pins. (Abrams pins 4).



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Lot of 12 Olympic Pins and Collectibles


  • [Lot of 12 items]. An uncatalogued selection of Olympic Games pins, badges and souvenirs, sold as a lot.
    All twelve (12) items as is............................................BUY it NOW price is $535.00.
    Feel free to make a counter-offer.

    Items include a 1932 silver team pin for the Danish Olympic team; 1936 tin badge from the Berlin Olympic Games; 1936 Berlin silver good luck charm with a horse shoe at one end and the Olympic Bell at the other; eight pins including two from the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, a Czechoslovakian pin, USA pin, Canadian pin and a couple of sports pins; an ARD/ZDF Radio-TV badge from the 1980 Lake Placid Olympic Games. (Abrams tr8, tr10, tr11).



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HOW TO ORDER & PAY


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Harvey Abrams-BOOKS
PO Box 732
State College, PA USA 16804
telephone: (814) 321-4018
email: Olympicbks@aol.com

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Mr. Harvey Abrams
HARVEY ABRAMS - BOOKS
P.O. Box 732
State College, PA, USA 16804
tel: (814) 321-4018
email:
Olympicbks@aol.com

Antiquarian Book Dealer Since 1979
Specializing in Olympic Games & History of Sport
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GROUP PHOTO LINKS:
1. Group Photo # 1 of Olympic memorabilia - seven (7) items.
2. Group Photo # 2 of Olympic memorabilia - three (3) items.


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