Gymnastics / Weightlifting / Wrestling / Mulhouse / Lörrach - Lot 93

Gymnastics / Weightlifting / Wrestling / Mulhouse / Lörrach / Guebwiller / Strasbourg / Neudorf. Lot of 9 lithographed diplomas testifying to the culture of strength sports in occupied Alsace-Lorraine: - Athleta Verein Mülhausen, Preiss Diploma, to Emil Goeb of Mulhouse, June 17, 1906. VIII Verbands Settstreit". Illustration of German sport: the strong tree, the antique column, the discobolus. FBW no. 6 (small tear at top) - "Simson (Samson), Heil, heil sous l'arbre - Lutte, et poids - 15 août 1904/ n°500". By Joseph Fricker (stains) - "Preiss Diplom 1908, Sportfet Lörrach, June 29, 1908, to Goeb of Mulhouse", weight-wrestling-boxing illustration. Lithography Leykuum, Munich - Same illustration, but dated September 13, 1908 (tear at bottom) - Diplom, Athlétic Club Guebwiller", Köln lithograph (missing left, collage) - Set of 2 diplomas (same beautiful illustration) from 1909, related to power sports in Strasbourg: a) In color. "Arbeiter Kraft Sport Klub Strassburg, Diploma, 30-31/5/1909". Under the tree symbolizing strength and wisdom, wrestlers and a weightlifter with his bars (torn left, missing lower right, soiled). b) The same in black and white. Signature A.Th, monogram AM5 (large gap at top) - Strassburger Athlétic Club, to Emil Goep, August 6, 1905", all 4 Ks are represented. Wrestling and weight under the tree (large tear) - "Strassburg Neudorf, to Emil Goeb, June 5, 1911". Under the lion's eye, two ancient athletes, Ges.Gesch (tear on right) - Same model as a) but "Athleta 15 juin 1906". - Wrestling diploma, illustrated with standing or uprooted trees. June 15, 1906. By Ab.Hoffman, Magdeburg (small tears)