1952 Mercedes-Benz ‘Great Jubilee Prize’ fourfold victory poster – reprint

A rare official 1989 reprint of the Mercedes Benz victory poster for the 1952 ‘Great Jubilee Prize’ race held at the Nurburgring. The poster commemorates the four starting Mercedes 300SL’s finishing in the top four places. Instead of a boring “Sunday procession”, the four Mercedes 300 SL models offered pure excitement: Hermann Lang recalled his old skills and closed the gap between him and his team mate Kling who was leading the pack. In his race to catch up, Lang achieved an average speed of 131.5 km/h, making it the fastest lap of any sports car on the day and even managed to overtake Kling. With his pole position at Nürburgring, Lang had driven his last victory in his racing career. Kling, despite a few technical problems, came in second, while Rieß and Helfrich rounded off the winning Mercedes quartet with positions three and four respectively. The poster is in excellent condition with a couple of small tears to the bottom edge. Dimensions measure 84cm x 59.5cm. Reference: POST-MER52GJPREP-01