21 rarely offered German cig. cards: German Sports between 1932-36, issued 1934

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Offered here are 21 rarely offered German cigarette cards on Sports in Germany after 1933, issued in 1934 by the Muratti Cigarette Co. for the album
Brennpunkte des deutschen Sports, Bd. I: Zwischen den olympischen Spielen
(Focus on German Sports, Vol I: Between the Olympic Games [of 1932 and 1936]). Pictured here are:
No. 69:
The Ideal German Sports Facility: The tennis courts of the Berlin tennis club “Blau-Weiss” (Blue-White) in Berlin-Grunewald.
No. 70:
The magnificent regatta location in Grünau near Berlin. Seen here is a large rowing exhibition before the International Olympic Committee.
No. 71:
The Gordon-Bennett Balloon Prize, one of the oldest athletic awards, is shown here being presented to the champions of the 1926 competition.
No. 72:
Famous Sports Prizes: The Davis Cup is a world-renown tennis prize for which many nations participate in a long process of competitions before the finals.
No. 73:
Famous Sports Prizes: The Grand Prix of France 1914 which was won by Lautenschläger against tough competition.
No. 74:
Captain Malcolm Campbell is shown here with the Daytona Beach Trophy, awarded for the world speed record.
No. 75:
Famous Sports Prizes: The Gordon-Bennett Prize for airships, a highly prized award for aeronautical accomplishment before the invention of the airplane.
No. 76:
Famous Sports Prizes: The Award of the German Tennis Association for the world championships of professional tennis players.
No. 77:
Famous Sports Prizes: Shown here is an exhibition of valuable and highly competitive automobile racing trophies.
No. 78:
Famous Sports Prizes: The Silver Shield, Germany’s highest field hockey award, donated by the athletics club “Frankfurt 1880”.
No. 79:
The Gordon-Bennett Prize for Automobiles.
No. 80:
The Gordon-Bennett Prize for Airships.
No. 81:
Famous Sports Prizes: Shown here are the prizes for winning the “Europe Flight” competition, a long-distance flight route around Europe. It includes a table that shows the route of the competition on the top and a service of porcellan from the State Porcellan Manufacturing Co.
No. 82:
Hans Heinrich Sievert, the “Athlete of Athletes” who holds the world and German records in the decathlon.
No. 83:
Gisela Mauermeyer, the successful German combined-events athlete who was champion at the German Track-and-Field Championships in 1934.
No. 84:
Cilly Aussem, German women’s tennis champion in 1927, 1930 and 1931. She also won the Paris and Wimbeldon tournaments in 1931.
No. 85:
The successful German men’s tennis doubles pair of G. von Cramm and H. Krahwinkel-Sperling who won Wimbeldon in 1933.
No. 87:
Pictured here is Toni Bauhofer, a famous champion in the sport of motorcycle racing who has won many championships on both roads and tracks.
No. 88:
Hans Liesche, one of the veterans of track-and-field, placed second in the high jump at the Stockholm Olympic Games in 1912.
No. 89:
Winkler (on the left), from the city of Chemnitz, was motor cycle champion in the small class and in the motorcycle-with-sidecar division in 1934.
No. 90:
Leni Haas, German Champion in roller-skating.
Each card measures 3 and ¼ inches by 2 and ¼ inches.
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