OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 1948 ST. MORITZ SWITZERLAND

Mark description

The mark consists of a winter scene consisting of a stylized male and female skier crossing a white and grey snow-covered landscape with mountains beneath a stylized light yellow sun, light blue, dark blue, and black sky and clusters of a green forest. The sky contains ten stylized snowflakes in various shapes. The colors of the snowflakes are, from left to right, red, light yellow, white, red, dark yellow, red, gray, white, red, and red. The male skier has black hair, brown skin and is wearing a dark yellow top, black pants, and black boots. He is holding a black ski pole in each hand and is wearing white skis outlined in black. The female skier is wearing a red hooded jacket, black pants and black boots. She is holding a dark yellow ski pole in her right hand and is wearing brown skis outlined in black. Across the bottom of the scene is the stylized wording "OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES" in grey above the stylized wording "1948 ST. MORITZ SWITZERLAND" in grey. Above "OLYMPIC" are five interlocking rings in, from left to right, light blue, dark yellow, black, green, and red. The small faint signature "FRITZ HELLINGER" appears in the upper left hand corner of the mark in dark blue.