Artefacts

Paris 1924, athletics shirt worn by Paul MARTIN (SUI), silver 800m medal.

Physical description

Circle with the Swiss cross on the chest.

Created

Created: Comfort Created: Vaucher

Used

Used: Paul MARTIN

Materials

textile

Colors

red, white

Dimension

66 x 47 cm, 94 g

Literature

JAMAIN-SAMON, Sandrine. "Sportwear during the Inter-war Years: a Testimony to the Modernisation of French Sport". In: The International Journal of the History of Sport, Septembre 2011, Vol. 28, N° 14, pp. 1944-1967. PHILLIPS, Bob. Britain & the Olympics, 1896-2010. Lancaster: Carnegie Publishing Ltd., 2012.

Type of item

Sport equipment -> jersey

Reference number

81798

Keywords

silver medallist Paris 1924, Olympic Games Switzerland Male Athletics/Men's 800m[M]