I was offered a copy of the 1936 Olympic bell. Apparently the person’s father received it in a trade at the end of the war. The story is that 16 copies were made in bronze, about 20cm tall, and given to important people.
I can not find anything telling me that those copies were ever produced.
The bell looks good, like a copy of the original, just smaller of course, with the swastikas filed out (which would make sense in a way, since it was kept in Germany).
I have the seen images of the porcelain bells, btw. Which were probably sold as souvenirs back then.
Since the Bochumer foundry has been bought up by Krupp a long time ago, all the documents are in their archives, but can’t be accessed.
Curious if anyone knows anything about this.
-Andre