1972 - Munich
A Black September
Like Moscow in 1980, a different coloured strip was utilised to identify the different days to which the ticket applied:
The following counterfeiting methods were utilised.
- Thursday - Light blue
- Friday - Green
- Saturday - Purple
- Sunday - Grey
- Monday - Yellow
- Wednesday - Orange
The following counterfeiting methods were utilised.
- A watermark across the entire surface, consisting of the Olympic rings and the year "1972".
- A metal strip 49mm from the right hand edge, on which the Olympic rings and the year were imprinted
- A two-coloured guilloched paper material
Advance Reserved Seat Ticket
The ticket dimensions were 105mm x 148.5mm
Complimentary ticket
'Freikarte' = 'Free ticket'
This ticket and that for The Olympic Youth Camp (below) appear to be a lot rarer than I had originally understood.
Of the 5,003,204 tickets printed for the 355 sessions of events at the Games, this complimentary ticket is 1 of only 27,970 produced (0.5%). These were provided to private renters in the city in recompense for their participation a 'Bed-Finding Campaign' to provide accommodation to spectators.
Of the 5,003,204 tickets printed for the 355 sessions of events at the Games, this complimentary ticket is 1 of only 27,970 produced (0.5%). These were provided to private renters in the city in recompense for their participation a 'Bed-Finding Campaign' to provide accommodation to spectators.
Free Tickets For Olympic Youth Camp Members
Olympisches Jugendlager = Olympic Youth Camp.
Olympisches Jugendlager = Olympic Youth Camp.
As commented above, this was 1 of only 35,275 tickets (0.7% of the total ticket production) given to 3,000 participants in the Olympic Youth Camp, an organisation for aspiring teenage Olympic athletes.
'Unsalable' (sic) Ticket For Seats With A Restricted View
Close-up scans
