This helmet is a modern replica of the one that was due to be presented in 1936 to Kee Chung Sohn, a Korean marathon runner who was competing for Japan at the time under the name Kitei Son. Shortly before the Berlin Olympic Games, the Greek newspaper Vradiny had in fact sent an ancient Greek helmet to the Organising Committee of the XIth Olympiad, requesting that it be awarded to the winner of the Olympic marathon. However, the rules of the International Olympic Committee at the time prohibited the awarding of additional prizes to Olympic champions. The Organising Committee therefore retained the original helmet without informing either the marathon winner or the Japanese team. After being exhibited for years in a German museum, it was finally presented to Kee Chung Sohn in 1986.