Sell or Auction Your Silver 1972 Munich Olympics Medal for up to $12,500 or More at Nate D. Sanders Auctions
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Sell Your Silver 1972 Munich Olympics Medal
The 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany included over 7,100 athletes from 121 countries. Men’s indoor handball, kayaking and slalom canoeing made their inaugural appearances at the 1972 games. American swimmer Mark Spitz set a world record by winning seven gold medals in a lone Olympics, which remained for 36 years until Michael Phelps beat it in 2008.
We at Nate D. Sanders Auctions sold a silver medal and winner’s pin from the 1972 Olympic games for $12,500. Please see details below:
Silver medal from the XX Olympiad, won by East German gymnast Erika Zuchold for women’s vault at the Olympic games in Munich, West Germany in 1972. Named sportswoman of the year for East Germany in 1970, Zuchold won four medals at the 1972 games. Medal’s obverse bears a relief of the goddess Victory as she holds a winner’s crown in her right hand and a palm leaf in her left, accompanied by the inscription, ”XX / Olympiad / Munchen / 1972”. Reverse contains relief bearing depiction of the mythic figures Castor and Pollux, known as patrons of competitive sports and friendship. Medal, affixed to original linked chain, features edge engraving bearing ”Zuchold, Erika” and ”Turnen Pferdsprung Frauen” near top. Medal is housed in white metal box with foam backing to inside and white cardboard protective sleeve with Munich Olympics logo printed in silver to bottom. Also included is rare silver medal winner’s pin bearing Olympic ring design and ”1972”, affixed to numbered white backing bearing number 5163, awarded to Zuchold in the 1990’s and housed in its black leather pouch with gold Olympic logo above brass clasp. Medal measures 2.5” in diameter and weighs 157 grams or 5.5 oz. Near fine. Sold for $12,500.
The following are some additional Olympic medals we have sold:
Silver Gymnastics Medal From the 1976 Summer Olympics — Won by Member of The USSR Gymnastics Team
Silver Gymnastics medal from the XXIe Olympiad, won at the Olympic games in Montreal, Canada in 1976. Front of medal features a design originally created for the 1928 games, showing a woman surrounded by the symbols of Victory, Fraternity and Universality. Stylized laurel crown and the emblem of the Montreal Games are displayed to verso of the silver medal, won by a member of the USSR gymnastics team. ”Gymnastique” is engraved to the rim. Measures 2.4” in diameter. Very good. 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. Housed in original green box, with ”III Pris” and the Olympic logo stamped in gold to lid. Medal measures 1.4” in diameter. Near fine. Sold for $12,500.
Bronze medal from the XV Olympiad, won at the Olympic games in Helsinki, Finland in 1952. Medal was won by a member of the Finnish men’s gymnastics team, who were awarded the bronze medal in the team competition that year. Medal’s obverse bears a relief of the goddess Victory as she holds a winner’s crown in her right hand and a palm leaf in her left, accompanied by the inscription, ”XV / Olympiad / Helsinki / 1952”. Reverse contains a relief of an Olympian carried through a crowd, the Olympic stadium in the background. Measures 2” in diameter. Very good to near fine. Sold for $12,500.
FREE APPRAISAL. To buy, auction, sell or consign your silver 1972 Munich Olympics medal that is for sale, please email your description and photos to [email protected] of Nate D. Sanders Auctions (http://www.NateDSanders.com).
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