Impressive multi-signed German-language commemorative card sponsored by German Sports Aid for the event entitled ‘Friends of German Sports Aid Meet at the ‘Olympia Rendezvous '72,” which was held at the Sheraton Hotel in Munich, Germany, on September 2, 1972, measuring 16.5 x 11.75 open, signed inside in ink and felt tip by over 50 Olympic medal-winning German athletes from past Summer and Winter Games. The list, ordered by Olympic date, is as follows:
Amsterdam 1928 Summer Olympics
Bruno Müller (Rowing Coxless Pair)
Fritz 'Itze' Gunst (Water Polo - Men's)
Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics
Fritz Bauer (Rowing - Men's Coxed Four)
Wilhelm Baumann (Handball - Men's)
Franz Beckert (Gymnastics - Men's Team)
Helmut Berthold (Handball - Men's)
Helmut Braselmann (Field Handball - Men's)
Wilhelm Brinkmann (Handball - Men's)
Rudi Eckstein (Rowing Coxless Four)
Willi Eichhorn (Rowing Coxless Pair)
Othilie ‘Tilly’ Fleischer (Athletics - Women's Javelin Throw)
Karl Hermann Gotthard Handrick (Pentathlon)
Alfred Klingler (Field Handball - Men's)
Ludwig Landen (Canoe Sprint - Men's K-2 10,000 meters)
Wilhelm Müller (Handball - Men's)
Carl Anton Rom (Rowing - Coxless Four)
Paula Scholz-Pöhlsen (Gymnastics - Women's Team All-Around)
Alfred Schwarzmann (Gymnastics - Men's Vault, Men's Individual All-Around, Men's Team All-Around)
Käte Sohnemann (Gymnastics - Women's Team All-Around)
Fritz Spengler (Field Handball)
Willi Stadel (Gymnastics - Men's Team All-Around)
Rudolf Stahl (Field Handball)
Innozenz ‘Inno’ Stangl (Gymnastics)
Walter Volle (Rowing Coxed Four)
Matthias Volz (Gymnastics - Men's Team All-Around)
Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics
Helmut Bantz (Gymnastics - Men's Vault)
Ursula Happe (Swimming - Women's 200 meters breaststroke)
Meinrad ‘Auto’ Miltenberger (Canoe Sprint - Men's K-2 1000 meters)
Rosa Ossi Reichert (Alpine Skiing - Women's Giant Slalom)
Michael Scheuer (Canoe Sprint - Men's K-2 1000 meters)
Rome 1960 Summer Olympics
Bernd Cullmann (Athletics - Men's 4 x 100 meters relay)
Karl-Heinz Hopp (Rowing - Men's Eight)
Bernhard Knubel (Rowing Coxed Pair)
Hans Lenk (Rowing Men's Eight)
Günter Perleberg (Canoe Sprint - Men's K-14×500 meters)
Klaus Riekemann (Rowing Coxed Four)
Frank Schepke (Rowing - Men's Eight)
Kraft Schepke (Rowing - Men's Eight)
Heidi Schmid (Fencing - Women's Foil Individual)
Walter Schröder (Rowing)
Friedhelm Wentzke (Canoe Sprint - Men's K-14×500 meters)
Klaus Zerta (Rowing Coxed Pair)
Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics
Egbert Hirschfelder (Rowing Coxed Four; 1968, Rowing - Men's Eight)
Peter Neusel (Rowing Coxed Four)
Jürgen Oelke (Rowing Coxed Four)
Ernst Streng (Track Cycling - Men's 4000 meters team pursuit)
Joachim Werner (Rowing - Coxed Four)
Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympics
Franz Keller (Nordic Combined)
Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympics
Bernd Klingner (Shooting - Small-bore rifle three positions)
Horst Meyer (Rowing - Men's Eight)
Sapporo 1972 Winter Olympics
Wolfgang Zimmerer (Bobsleigh - Two-man Bobsleigh)
The card, which retains its original ribbon, is also signed by legendary heavyweight champion boxer Max Schmeling and a handful of unidentified signatures. In very fine condition. This list features some of Germany's most notable Olympic champions, spanning multiple decades and sports disciplines, many of whom made significant contributions to their respective fields.
