Pair of silk entry tickets for events at the 1936 Garmisch Winter Olympics, including: a rectangular 1.25 x 2.25 ticket for the men’s slalom event, with gold bar on top, “IV. Olymp. Winterspiele 1936, Garmisch–Partenkirchen,” and silk portion showing Olympic rings above a red slalom course, “Herren–Slalom”; and a triangular 1.75 x 2.5 ticket for the bobsleigh event, with gold bar on top, “IV. Olymp. Winterspiele 1936, Garmisch–Partenkirchen,” and silk portion showing Olympic rings, the letters “BOB,” and the event date, “9. II. 1936.” This was the only time that Olympic tickets were printed on silk.
