Scarce badge issued during the German racing series held to raise funds for the Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics, 57 mm x 38 mm, 27 gm, featuring a blue enamel background with a silver race car, Olympic rings, and text: “Forderungsrennen der Deutschen Olympiahilfe 1935 [Sponsored Race of German Olympic Supporters].” Hallmarked on the reverse: “Ges.gesch - A Stubbe Berlin.”
This enamel breast badge was presented to the race car drivers and their crews, and also to officials and other personnel involved in this race series, which was held the year before the Olympic Games. The series was sponsored and financed by various companies such as Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz. Other events of the upcoming Olympics such as swimming, shooting, skiing, and track running were similarly supported by grants from German industrial firms throughout the Reich.
