b'897677671924 PARIS OLYMPICS - ROBERT BROADBENT, AUSTRALIAN CYCLIST: selection of items belonging to Broadbent comprising Australian Team patch embroidered with Australian Coat of Arms and VIII- OLYMPIAD - 1924 beneath, together with a photograph of Broadbent in his cycling shirt with the patch affixed; also Broadbents passport with attractive Paris 1924 labels below his passport photograph, 1924 (May 6th) SS Ormonde (Orient Line) passenger ticket (Melbourne to Toulon) for Broadbent, with AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC TEAM typed on the ticket, 1924 Imperial Airways Paris to London flight ticket for Mr Broadbent, plus an oval lapel badge engraved Aonach Tailtean 1924 (The Tailteann Games) an Irish Free State sporting and cultural event (held in 1924,1928,&1932), which included a cycling event, and was held shortly after the Paris Olympics allowing Olympic athletes the chance to participate. Robert Broadbent (1904-1986) competed in the 50k cycling event in the 1924 Paris Olympics. .$1,5002,0007681936 BERLIN OLYMPICS - LITERATURE: XI Olympifche Spiele Berlin 1936 daily event programmes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 7th & 13th August; also 1936 issues of Die Woche (2) and Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung pictorial magazines covering the Olympics; condition is mixed, particularly the magazines. (8 items).$2503007697691952 HELSINKI: Australian Team blazer pocket patch embroidered with Australian Coat of Arms over Olympic Rings with OLYMPIC GAMES 1952 beneath. Fine condition and rare. Australia sent a relatively small team of 81 competitors (71 men and 10 women) to compete in 67 events across 12 sports in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, compared with the 294 competitors who took part home Olympics in Melbourne in 1956 .$500750'