FREE VALUATION. To buy, auction, sell or consign your silver 1920 Antwerp Olympics medal that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).

Silver 1920 Antwerp Olympics Medal

The Summer Olympics of 1920 were held in Antwerp, Belgium. This location was selected as World War I caused heavy destruction to the city and hosting the Olympics was intended to boost the city’s spirits. The oldest Olympic medalist in history is Oscar Swahn, who won the silver medal at age 72 in a shooting event called running deer at the 1920 games.

We at Nate D. Sanders sold two silver medals from the 1920 Olympics for $12,500 each. Please see details below:

Silver Medal From the 1920 Summer Olympics, Held in Antwerp, Belgium

One of only 400 silver medals from the VII Olympiad, won at the games in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920. Medal bears Josue Dupon’s design of an Olympic athlete, inscribed ”VII Olympiade” on obverse and ”Anvers MCMXX” on reverse. Housed in original red box, with ”2nd Prix / VII Olympiade / Anvers 1920” written in gold lettering. Measures 2.5” in diameter and weighs 89 grams or just over 3 ounces. Near fine. Sold for $12,500.

Silver Olympic Medal From the 1920 Summer Olympics, Held in Antwerp, Belgium

One of only 400 silver medals from the VII Olympiad, won at the games in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920. Medal bears Josue Dupon’s design of an Olympic athlete, inscribed ”VII Olympiade” on obverse and ”Anvers MCMXX” on reverse. Measures 2.5” in diameter and weighs 88 grams or just over 3 ounces. Near fine condition. Sold for $12,500.

We also sold the following silver medal from the 1920 Olympics:

Silver Olympic Medal From the 1920 Summer Olympics, Held in Antwerp, Belgium

One of only 400 silver medals from the VII Olympiad, won at the games in Antwerp, Belgium in 1920. Medal bears Josue Dupon’s design of an Olympic athlete, inscribed “VII Olympiade” on obverse and “Anvers MCMXX” on reverse. Measures 2.5″ or 59 mm in diameter and weighs 86.5 grams or 3 ounces. Near fine. Sold for $4,000.

The following are some additional Olympic medals we have sold:

Bronze Olympic Medal From the 1956 Summer Olympics, Held in Melbourne, Australia — Won by Member of Bulgarian Soccer Team — Also With Olympic Badge

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. Sold for $12,500.

Bronze Medal From the 1912 Summer Olympics, Held in Stockholm, Sweden

Bronze medal from the V Olympiad, won at the Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden in 1912. Obverse of medal bears a relief of two female figures, placing a crown atop an athlete; the reverse is a relief of a herald proclaiming “Ling”, the founder of the Swedish gym system, with “Olympiska / Spelen / Stockholm 1912″ written around edge. Medal measures 1.4” or 33 mm in diameter. Weighs 17.9 g or 0.63 oz. Near fine. Sold for $2,800.

FREE VALUATION. To buy, auction, sell or consign your silver 1920 Antwerp Olympics medal that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).