This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/30/2015
Silver medal from the XVI Olympiad, won at the Olympic games in Melbourne, Australia in 1956. Medal bears a relief of the goddess Vctory 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. Accompanied by the original white case. Medal measures 2'' in diameter; case measures 2.9'' x 0.75'' x 2.9''. Slight tarnishing. Very good.