- On View
- Sports Gallery
- Museum Maps
- Objects in this Location
- Exhibition
- Sports: Leveling the Playing Field
- Manufactured by
- Unidentified
- Owned by
- Dick Howard, American, 1935 - 1967
- Date
- 1960
- Medium
- cloth, thread
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 1/4 x 2 7/8 in. (8.3 x 7.3 cm)
- Description
- An athlete patch from the 1960 Olympics in Rome owned by Dick Howard. The patch is for the United States team and is a red bordered shield with a white background. Within the shield is blue stitched letters. Along the top portion of the shield is [USA]. The center of the shield reads [OLYMPIC / GAMES / 1960].
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Type
- badges
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Howard Family
- Object number
- 2012.140.5
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




