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Bronze medal from the XI Olympiad, won at the 1936 Berlin Olympic games by American sprint canoeist Ernest Riedel, and accompanied by four other medals given to Riedel as provenance. Olympic medal was won in the K-1 10,000 meter event, and bears 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, ''XI / Olympiade / Berlin 1936''. Verso bears relief of an Olympian carried through a crowd, with the Olympic stadium in the background. With manufacturer's mark of ''B.H. Mayer Pforzheim'' on rim. Medal measures 55 mm and weighs 2.7 oz. Light wear, else near fine. Lot also includes four other medals won by Riedel: his 1936 Berlin Olympics participation medal, 1948 London Olympics participation medal, A.A.U. Olympic Development Program medal with ribbon, and a medal with Riedel's name engraved commemorating his achievement as a 1936 Olympian.
Bronze Medal From the 1936 Summer Olympics, Held in Berlin, Germany -- Won by American Ernest Riedel
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