Olympic Memorabilia
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Lot 1738 Session 6 (9.30am Wed 24 Nov) Olympic Memorabilia
Estimate $500
Bid at live.noble.com.au
OLYMPIC GAMES MELBOURNE 1956, complete dark green female official driver's uniform, jacket, skirt and beret, the last with an embroidered and padded Olympic logo badge sewn on, the first two branded C.G.C.F., the last, Commonwealth Government Clothing Factory, Melbourne and this with the pen-written name 'Ball', together with unused Olympic Car Pool tickets (7), a XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 Pass Out Check and an Olympic Games Programme (small passport size fold-over leaflet). The last item tattered, the other documents good very fine, the jacket with one small moth hole otherwise the uniform is extremely fine and very scarce.
Vendor advises that this uniform was worn by a female driver assigned to the Soviet team.
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