Olympic Games/ Summer, 1936/ Berlin/ Munich 1972/ Marathon/ Kitei Son/ Three original pieces on this famous Olympic marathon: a) original photograph Monark film AB, at the bend, in the middle of the crowd, the 265 (Harper?) is ahead of the 382 (the Japanese Son), small gap at the top; 18 x 25 cm; b) captioned photograph, Au Kontrolle 1, on se désaltère...Zwei Japaner Siegen, Marathonlauf, foto Hoffmann, 17 x 23 cm; c) Silk pennant with suspension rod and gold bangs: KOREA, Kee Chung Sohn, Marathon Winner, B.Olympic 1936, Souvenir Munchen, participation 72, with Kee Chung Sohn's pen signature...17 x 16.5 cm. In 1936, Korea was Japanese, hence the retouching on the photo of the champion used in 1972, where the Korean flag is well in place. Moisture mark on left.

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