National Committee Official badge issued for the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Silvered, 38 mm x 120 mm, 16 gm, manufactured by Whitehead & Haug of Newark. The medal features the Olympics rings over shield and laurel branch, and is engraved “Xth Olympiad Los Angeles, Official.” Suspended below the badge is a small ribbon with Olympic colors, and then another ribbon, blue, with gold lettering, “National Committee.” Official badges with silver medallions were issued to secretaries and members of the numerous Olympic committees and federations. While the color of the ribbon identified the organization or the sport, an additional Olympic ribbon was created, bearing the five Olympic colors in vertical stripes; this ribbon, when attached to a badge, entitled the wearer to special privileges including admission to the Olympic Village. If the badge had an Olympic ribbon with a silver medallion, such as this, the wearer was the secretary of the International Sports Federation. Despite their high status amongst Olympic officials, none of the badges issued to the various Olympic committees or federations granted admission into the stadiums; all persons holding such badges were issued regular tickets of admission.
