Description: Two Badges are in Excellent Condition FIFA Congress Berlin 1936The world was in a mess in 1936, and not just in football terms. The threat of world war was looming ever more menacingly. Instead of unifying nations in peace, sport was generally being used as an effective vehicle for political propaganda - Mussolini's Italy had staged and exploited the previous World Cup, in 1934, and had enjoyed the added bonus of Italy winning it - just as they were to win the 1936 Olympic Tournament in Berlin, even more flagrantly abused by Hitler. The 1938 World Cup promised to become the next victim.France was awarded the finals at the 1936 FIFA Congress at the Opera Kroll in Berlin, largely in tribute to Jules Rimet, the French President of FIFA who had inspired the creation of the competition. In fact, Rimet had conspired at the 1934 Congress in Rome for the tournament to be held in 1937, benefiting from the World Fair in Paris that year and saving some of the two million franc budget. But the 1936 Congress opted for 1938, the choice of venue also influenced by the travelling difficulties which had deterred most European teams from playing in the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930.
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