Olympic Games/ Winter, 1968/ Grenoble - Lot 269

Olympic Games/ Winter, 1968/ Grenoble A set of 13 pieces to give a good overview of these Xth Games and the seven Dauphiné venues: a) The participant's medal, by Josette Hébert-Coeffin (1907-1973) from Rouen, France. This student of Despiau's had a considerable body of work (medal for the liner France, etc.): obverse, antique athlete's head amid laurels, reverse: view of the Dauphiné capital, with the words "Grenoble 1968, Xe Jeux Olympiques d'hiver". Bronze. Diam: 6.8 cm b) Complete official program folder, 24 x 17 cm c) Excoffon adhesive tape d) 3 "Welcome to the Games" flyers (trilingual, 1964-68, 16 pages, including large central map, all 7 stations are there, 25.5 x 12 cm e) The official Ambrogiani color flyer, the square of the Provençal "fauve" Pierre Ambrogiani (1907-1985) is one of the five official Valdrome scarves for the X Grenoble 1968 Winter Games, double-sided, 30 x 20 cm f) Two new postcards from the "Dauphiné" featuring the French men's and women's teams (9x14) g) Flyer "Grenoble et ses Alpes, Dauphiné-France, superb map of all sites by Roger David (21x53) h) Black and white photo, Guy Périllat racing, bib no. 5, Knorr, 29 x 21.5 cm; i) Official photo, organization stamp lower left: "L'Alpe d'Huez et la piste de bob" (20.5x26.5) j) "Chalet Innsbruck-Grenoble 1968" trilingual catalog, "Classic" cover, 21 x 21 cm, with a list of all Austrian ski equipment manufacturers.