| Badges 1972
Badges for Personnel
All ID card holders and guests of honor in
category G were given small metal badges with a pendant in the color of
their ID cards.
The following colors were used:
Category
Color
IOC
Guest
Gold
National Olympic Committees
International sport organizations
Silver
National Olympic Committee
Chiefs of delegation
Attache
Guest
OC executive board
OC
Olympic Construction Company
White
Jury
Referee Orange
Press
Radio, television
Motion pictures
Light green
Athlete
Team official
Light blue
Olympic youth camp
Dark blue
These badges could not be used for admission
to competition sites or other. Olympic facilities; they had value only
as ornamentation or a souvenir. An exception were the badges of ID card
holders in category A. They expressed the privileges of this group with
respect to the control service.
These badges were issued only with passes.
The OC issued about 28,000.
Language Badges
Groups of persons who had frequent contact
with visitors of the Olympic Games, such as hostesses, the security police,
and service personnel, received language badges. Those languages in which
the owner was verbally proficient were listed on the badge. In some cases
name tags
were also used.
The OC extended this special service by providing
Munich citizens who were proficient in language with these badges as well.
The Munich newspapers solicited individuals and the extension services
of the university offered additional language courses in preparation for
the Olympics.
During the Olympic Games about 25,000 persons
wore the language badges of the OC.
Other Badges
For the following specific groups of persons
the OC furnished badges:
Physicians
Fire Department
Doping control
Protocol
Sales personnel
OC Executives
Security and control service (Office for
Public Order)
Also, the name tags must not be forgotten.
(Text from: Official
Report 1972, Vol. 1, page 321) |
