Auction 107
May Militaria & Autographs Auction
By Fairhill Auction LLC
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May 26, 2022
227 E Main St, Elkton, MD 21921, United States
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This auction includes 483 lots of select militaria, ephemera, books, and autographs.
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LOT 6:
1936 OLYMPICS CRUISE LINE MENU HOHLWEIN
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Sold for: $700
Start price:
$
50
Estimated price :
$100 - $200
Buyer's Premium: 25%
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1936 OLYMPICS CRUISE LINE MENU HOHLWEIN
Original 1936 Olympic Games cruise line dinner menu for the tourist class of the S.S. Columbus, Sunday, May 31st, 1936. Menus were made for the 'Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen' cruise line, 2 pages, 11 x 7.5 inches. Cover illustration was made by famed German poster artist Ludwig Hohlwein. During WWII, the British naval forces hunted for enemy ships and on the trip back from Havana, the U.S.S. Columbus was spotted by American and British forces. So as not to engage in a naval battle with British forces, the ship was scuttled and sank 400 miles off the coast of Virginia. In 1941, Hitler named the loss of the Columbus as one of his reasons for war on the United States.
