January 2015 Auction Ends Thursday, January 29th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/29/2015
Silver medal from the XI Olympiad, won at the Olympic games in Berlin, Germany in 1936. Medal 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 a relief of an Olympian carried through a crowd, the Olympic stadium in the background. Rim shows ''B.H. Mayer, Pforzheim 990'', the silversmith who manufactured the Olympic medals that year, along with the silver weight. Measures 2.2'' in diameter. Some tarnishing. Very good.
Silver Medal From the 1936 Summer Olympics, Held in Berlin, Germany
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