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Sports Gallery

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Objects in this Location

Exhibition

Sports: Leveling the Playing Field

Received by

Dick Howard, American, 1935 - 1967

Issued by

International Olympic Committee, Swiss, founded 1894

Commissioned by

Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVII Olympiad, Italian, 1958 - 1960

Italian National Olympic Committee, Italian, founded 1907

Designed by

Cassioli, Giuseppe, Italian, 1865 - 1942

Manufactured by

Stabilimenti Artistici Fiorentini, Italian

Date

1960

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

2 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 1/4 in. (7 x 7 x 0.6 cm)

Description

An Olympic bronze medal from the 1960 Rome Games. The medal is molded with figures in relief on the obverse and reverse. The obverse side features a seated woman, representing Lady Victory, dressed in a flowing robe and holding a palm frond in her left hand and a winner's crown of leaves above her head. A coliseum is visible behind her. To her left a block of text appears in relief. The reverse features a male figure reaching out while hoisted on the shoulders of other men with a stadium visible in the background. The medal is surrounded by a circular bronze molded laurel wreath with a flat banner at the bottom. On the obverse the banner is blank while on the reverse it is engraved with the word [ATLETICA]. Stamped on the left edge of the coin is a small line of text. At the top of the medal is a pair of hooks. The medal is held somewhat loosely in the wreath in 4 separate brackets.

Place depicted

Rome, Roma, Italy, Europe

Place made

Florence, Firenze, Italy, Europe

Classification

Awards and Medals

Type

medals

Topic

Men

Olympics

Sports

Track and field

Credit Line

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Howard Family

Object number

2012.140.1

Restrictions & Rights

© International Olympic Committee

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GUID

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