Artefacts

Lacquered box presented to J. Sigfrid Edström by the National Olympic Committee of Soviet Union.

Physical description

Box in black lacquer with of the Kremlin in Moscow with a caption in cyrillic: "To Mister Sigfrid Edström, President of the International Olympic Committee", from the USSR Olympic Committee, 1952."

Used

Used: J. Sigfrid EDSTROEM

Materials

papier-mache, lacquer

Colors

multi coloured, black

Dimension

9 x 27 x 19.5 cm, 1143 g

Literature

YTTERGREN, Leif. "Patriarch and a Charismatic Leader? Some Reflections on IOC President J. Sigfrid Edström’s Leadership Style Based on Max Weber’s Concept of Charisma". Pathways: Critiques and Discourse in Olympic Research, Ninth International Symposium for Olympic Research.. 2008. pp. 296-301.

Type of item

Souvenirs -> box

Reference number

111699

Keywords

President of the IOC Helsinki 1952, Olympic Games Moscow USSR (1922-1989)National Olympic Committee (NOC)