March 2015 Auction Ends Thursday, March 26th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/26/2015
Bronze winner's medal and badge from the XVI Olympiad, won by a member of the Bulgarian football team in Melbourne, Australia in 1956. The Bulgarian football team defeated India 3-0 in the Bronze medal game on 7 December 1956. Medal bears a relief of the goddess Victory to obverse, as she holds a winner's crown in her right hand and a palm leaf in her left, accompanied by the inscription, ''XVIth / Olympiad / Melbourne 1956''. Reverse contains a relief of an Olympian carried through a crowd, the Olympic stadium in the background. Lot also includes the Olympic badge, attached to a purple ribbon with ''Football'' printed in gold lettering. Medal measures 51 mm in diameter and weighs 63 grams. Slight fading to lettering on badge, otherwise near fine.
Bronze Olympic Medal From the 1956 Summer Olympics, Held in Melbourne, Australia -- Won by Member of Bulgarian Soccer Team -- Also With Olympic Badge
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