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Fencing bout between Swedish pentathletes Ebbe Gyllenstierna af Lundholm and Georg Tage Eugen von Boisman during the 1936 Olympic Games, held at the Tennisplatz (Tennis Courts) of the Reichssportfeldes (now Olympiapark Berlin).

While the fencing…

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Fencing bout in the men's team epee event during the 1936 Olympic Games, held at the Tennisplatz (Tennis Courts) of the Reichssportfeldes (now Olympiapark Berlin).

Caption on reverse:
"Mitblitzender Klinge
Die Kämpfe der Olympia-Fechter wurden…

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Nancy Archibald (Canada; pictured at left) fencing Hilda von Puttkammer (Brazil) in the women's individual foil event at the 1936 Olympic Games held inside the Haus des Deutschen Sports in Berlin.

Starting from position three, the left-side…

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Hedwig Wilhelmine Haß (Germany) and Thea Kellner (Romania) fencing in the womens individual foil event at the 1936 Olympic Games held inside the Haus des Deutschen Sports in Berlin.

Caption on reverse:
"Olympiade 1936!
In der Halle des…

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Fencing bouts in the modern pentathlon event during the 1936 Olympic Games, held at the Tennisplatz (Tennis Courts) of the Reichssportfeldes (now Olympiapark Berlin). While the fencing portion of the modern pentathlon is documented to have occurred…

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Interior view of the Haus des Deutschen Sports in Berlin during the men's team foil event of the 1936 Olympic Games.

Caption on reverse:
"Olympiade 1936!
In der Deutschlandhalle begannen am Sonntag die Mannschafts kampfe im Florett
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U.B.z.…

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Interior view of the Haus des Deutschen Sports in Berlin during the womens individual foil event of the 1936 Olympic Games.

The left-side scoreboard lists competitors (from top to bottom): ???, Nancy Archibald (Canada), ???, Berit Granquist…

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Fencing bouts in the modern pentathlon event during the 1936 Olympic Games, held at the Tennisplatz (Tennis Courts) of the Reichssportfeldes (now Olympiapark Berlin). While the fencing portion of the modern pentathlon is documented to have occurred…

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Interior view of the Haus des Deutschen Sports in Berlin during the men's team foil event of the 1936 Olympic Games. Though three pistes can be seen in the photo, the caption on the reverse indicates a total of four pistes were in use during this…

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Roman Fischer (Austria; likely in foreground) and Jiří Jesenský (Czech Republic) fencing in the men's team foil event at the 1936 Olympic Games held inside the Haus des Deutschen Sports in Berlin.

Caption on reverse:
"Olympiade 1936!
In der…

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Fencing bout at the Tennisplatz (Tennis Courts) of the Reichssportfeldes (now Olympiapark Berlin) during the 1936 Olympic Games. The Tennisplatz is documented to have been the venue for the epee events of these games, but other photographs indicate…

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Photograph of the Olympic Fencing Gymnasium (now known as the SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium) in Seoul, South Korea which housed the fencing and modern pentathlon events of the 1988 Olympic Games.

Caption on obverse:
"Service Special Jeux…

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Aerial photograph of the Long Beach Convention Center complex, venue for 1984 Olympic Fencing and Volleyball Events. The round building at the right is the Long Beach Arena where volleyball was played. The attached one-story building to the left is…

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Dorina Vaccaroni (Italy) sheds a tear after losing a bout to a fencer from the Chinese team in the in the women's team foil event at the 1984 Olympic Games. Italy placed forth in this event.

Caption on obverse:
"LONG BEACH, CAL., AUG.…

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Matthias Gey (West Germany, depicted at left) fencing Mauro Numa (Italy, depicted at right), likely in the men's individual foil event at the 1984 Olympic Games (in which Numa won gold).

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Matthias Behr (West Germany) jumps in the air after winning the silver medal in the men's individual foil event at the 1984 Olympic Games.

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Matthias Behr (West Germany, depicted in back) yells happily after he won the bout against Frédéric Pietruszka (France, depicted in foreground) in the finals of the men's individual foil event at the 1984 Olympic Games. Behr won silver in this event.

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Abdel Monem Ahmad El-Husseini (Egypt, depicted at left) fencing Andrea Borella (Italy, depicted at right) in the men's individual foil event at the 1984 Olympic Games.

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Mauro Numa (Italy, depicted at left) fencing Matthias Behr (West Germany, depicted at right) in the finals of the men's individual foil event at the 1984 Olympic Games. Numa won gold in this event and Behr silver.

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Matthias Gey (West Germany, depicted at left) fencing Stefano Cerioni (Italy, depicted at right) in the finals of the men's individual foil event at the 1984 Olympic Games. Cerioni won bronze in this event.
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