Admission ticket (equestrian showjumping)

Category: Printed matter

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Year of prod.: 1951

Object number: 2549:003

Manuf. and place of prod.: Banknote printing house of the Bank of Finland

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Method of prod.: printed

Material: banknote paper

Measurements: height 9 cm; width 11.4 cm

Description: Pink. The text: XV OLYMPIA HELSINKI 1952. Date: 3 VIII 1952. Section: E 51. II. lk. [II class]. Rivi [row] 10 Paikka [seat] 6. Picture: equestrian showjumping.

Other information: Ticket for the Olympic showjumping competition in the Olympic Stadium on 3 August 1952. The individual competition was won by France’s Pierre Jonquères d’Oriola with his horse Ali Baba, the team competition by Great Britain.

A total of 1,376,512 admission tickets were sold for the Helsinki Olympic Games.