We needed outside help again as we only had press cuttings to use for this 27th ISDT round.  Located in Austria, based at Bad Aussee, where 38 of the highest Alpine Passes, brought massive efforts from the 6 countries with 260 riders competing.  (plus a copy of a programme would help.  After Arthur Williams's most determined & helpful effort ULRICH ZIPPERLEN came forward with the following update:-The correct desciption of the picture would be: "1952 Maico Sixdays Team The Club Trophy winners "Team ADAC Gau Württemberg" Ludwig Westphal, Gottlieb Haas, Günther Ilgenstein; Maico chief engineer Ulrich Pohl (German trophy team, Gold), Walter Aukthun (Gold), Hans Danger (German trophy team, Gold)(from left to right)all on Maico M175 . #77 is the bike of Gottlieb Haas, #65 the bike of Ulrich Pohl." I could supply copies of the Maico brochures and pictures for the site.   It is so nice when you become corrected to bring facts to life, thanks to all again.

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Ace searcher & researcher Dave Martin found this badge, 'unsure whether original old or modern, any ideas?. (That JAWA winning team had numbers ranging from 65 to 77 in the pic above)

Eddie Breffitt on a breathtaking development using a Norton 88, seen here on a dark section, tanks leaks, gearbox problems plus electrical failures started to appear more frequently than other European products.

Austria's W. Kramer making way ith a Puch 250 sidecar outfit, Brits would always frown on such low power for sidecars.

Factory entrants were always handicapped with a 10% expected speed increase requirement.

left to right winning Czech riders Pudil, Kubes, Novotny, Kohlicek & Dusil

Passes with rough Austrian Mountain routes really tested men and machinery, here is Breffitt on Norton's Featherbed framed 88 following a European 2 stroke rider.

Condor, this time a 250 Swiss machine version, Switzerland Teams had 3 wins between WW1 & WW2, Britain 10, Germany 4, Italy 2 Czech 1.

This shows the level of weather & terrain encountered.

600 BMW of Hans Roth of Germany's only Silver Vase Team, faultless, without points loss until the final day at the speed trials, where they had set up the fastest speed of 104 mph , then Roth clipped an exhaust valve & their win was lost just there.

Johnny Giles ridden factory Triumph of the BritishTrophy Team with a spare throttle cable in position, not a complete one but to a junction box where it could be quickly swapped in case of problems.

AJS twin Factory machine with tyre inflator plus ruber inner tub covered rear suspension units.

Denzel of Germany with a BMW & Mong on a BSA Gold Star, 43 of the non factory sponsored riders attempted to obtain Gold medals 28 riders acheived that.

750 Royal Enfield, here with the factory's long term achiever Jack Stocker aboard, always a 'performer'.

G. Parsons, 500 Ariel

Moto Rumi 125cc of Italy, faster in it's class even than Puch & Maico in the speed Trials, parallel horizontal twin 2 stroke, five started only one finished 

The 125 Italian Aermacchi with unusual suspension 4 started & 3 finished.

One of several lady riders, the experienced Olga Kevelos rode  a superb Moto Parilla, retiring on the 3rd day.

Puch mounted Austrian Karl Devoty, his right handlebar broke off on the 3rd day, yet he continued for 3 more days steering with the left & using the handlebar taped to his petrol tank to operate throttle.

250 Puch of Dutchman Ap Koning also with a problem, he covered the entire distance in spite of losing his forward right footrest.

Not 1952, 1951 when Jack Botting the well respected & talented Francis Barnett Rider took Gold, we sadly found his medal being auctioned on ebay!

Jack Botting left & Brian Martin at that ISDT JB won the medal above, both on Francis Barnetts in 1951 before Brian Left back to BSA.   Thanks to Arthur Williams for the Pic.

German Zundapp machinery

Another side view of Eddie Breffit's Factory Norton 88.

A well fitted ISDT machine with  a rubber insulated clock, along with a  tank mounted bag for maps & time cards etc 

Bram Haartman's superb restored 350 JAWA ISDT machine