# 1936 Sidol-Werke Olympiade Berlin Track & Field Card #58

## Core Identity Details

* **Year of Issue:** 1936

* **Publisher:** Sidol-Werke Siegel & Co. (Köln-Braunsfeld)

* **Printer:** Ziegler Beckmann, Köln

* **Album Series:** Olympiade 1936

* **Classification:** Gruppe II, Bild 58

* **Subject:** Men's 50km Race Walk Winner Harold Whitlock

* **Country of Origin:** Germany

## Card Condition Analysis

* **Front Visuals:** Exceptionally vibrant, full-color lithographic scene capturing Great Britain's Harold Whitlock competing on the outdoor road course. The print registry remains remarkably sharp, providing crisp visual definition of the athlete, spectators, and period vehicles in the background.

* **Rear Text:** Clean, beautifully preserved gothic text detailing Harold Whitlock setting a new Olympic Record time of 4:30:41.4 over the exhausting 50km course. It notes Switzerland's Arthur Tell Schwab securing the Silver medal and Latvia's Adalberts Bubenko claiming the Bronze. Features the "Lodix" shoe-care product advertisement block.

* **Corners:** Show light, completely natural corner softening consistent with careful storage over a 90-year period. No heavy dinging or sharp creasing present.

* **Edges:** Neat, straight factory cuts showing very minimal handled wear and light, uniform age toning along the borders.

* **Surface:** Outstanding state of preservation. This piece is entirely unpasted, leaving a perfectly clean reverse with zero glue residue, paper skinning, or scrapbook removal damage.