2-702-322 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Yoshiyuki Tsuruta and Erich Rademacher, 1928. Japanese swimmer Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (1903-1986) shakes hands with his German rival Erich Rademacher (1901-1979). Tsuruta won gold medal in the men's 200m breaststroke, and Rademacher won silver in the same event at the 1928 Summer Olympics, held in Amsterdam. Rademacher was a member of the German team that won the gold medal for water polo. From "Die Welt in Bildern", (The World in Pictures), cigarette card album, c1928. [Georg A Jasmatzi, A.-G., Dresden, Germany]