Admission ticket (football)

Category: Printed matter
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Year of prod.: 1951–1952
Object number: 0:480:003
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 8.8 cm; width 15.1 cm
Description: Orange. The text: XV OLYMPIA HELSINKI 1952. Date: 19 VII 1952. Section: B 16. Rivi [row] 26 Paikka [seat] 33. Picture: football players.
Other information: Ticket for the football match between Finland and Austria in the Olympic Stadium on 19 July 1952, the evening of the opening day of the Games. The match was won by Austria, 4-3.
A total of 1,376,512 admission tickets were sold for the Helsinki Olympic Games.