Pin

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Shanaman Sports Museum

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Pin

Entry/Object ID

1246L

Description

This commemorative pin was worn by Puyallup’s Gertrude Wilhelmsen at the 1936 Summer Olympic in Berlin. The pin has the five Olympic rings, “XI Olympide Berlin 1936” and “201” (meaning unknown). Wilhelmsen finished seventh in the javelin and eighth in the discus at the Berlin Olympics.

Made/Created

Date made

1936

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Track & Field, Track and Field, Olympics, Advertising Medium

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Pin

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Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wilhelmsen, Gertrude

Person or Organization

1936 Berlin Summer Olympics

Person or Organization

XI Olympide Berlin 1936