Cover illustration and narrative account of a sabre duel between two Polish women near Lemberg (the German name for Lviv, Ukraine). The two women, just twenty years old, had fallen in love with the same man and thought only a duel could decide…
66 page catalog for J. H. Lau & Co. of New York. Features illustrations, descriptions, and prices for firearms (pages 2 to 39), ammunition (pages 40 to 48), firearm and hunting accessories (pages 49 to 58), and eight pages of fencing equipment (pages…
Small eight-page catalog and order form for judo and karate equipment from the Castello Combative Sports Company (associated with the Castello Fencing Equipment Co.) who were authorised selling agents for Inouye Jodogi Co. brand equipment. All parts…
1962 Castello Fencing Equipment catalog featuring illustrations and item numbers for weapons, protective equipment, accessories, awards, and more. A September 1962 price list and mail-in order forms were found inside the catalog. All parts purchased…
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).
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
Group photograph after a competition put on by the German Gymnastics Association (Deutschen Turnerschaft) in the Marmorsaal at the Zoologischen Gartens, Berlin. The first six Individuals depicted in the bottom row, from left to right are: Oreste…
Group photograph of fencers while at the 1927 German fencing championships (Deutsche Fechtmeisterschaften). Inscription on the reverse has not been fully transcribed, though the individuals pictured are (from right to left): ??? (Leipzig), ???…