Newp: 1908 Olympic Medal!

[AnkurJ]

I saw one of these on a website and just loved the design! After searching for a few months, I found an example on ebay and was able to purchase it for a reasonable price.

Whats even better is that this comes with the original box and a photo of the athlete who received the medal! This is the pewter version which was given as a participation medal.

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

Ankur

[FishyOne]

Exonumia at its best. I've stuck with coins thus far but medals like that could change me!

[KeyMan64]

[cpm9ball]

Nice medal, Ankur!

 

The commemorative medals were given out as follows: silver gilt to dignitaries, silver to dignitaries & officials, bronze to dignitaries & officials and pewter to the athletes. The medals were struck at the Vaughton Mint (wherever that is) and the pewter medal is 51mm with a plain edge and weighs 47 grams.

 

The 1908 Olympics were originally planned for Rome, but due to the eruption of Vesuvius, they were moved to London. 22 countries were represented in 20 sports with 2035 participants, of which, 36 were women.

 

It was the first time in history that gold medals were awarded, but Italian athlete Dorando Pietri was deprived of one despite being the first across the marathon finish line because he was disqualified for having been helped.

 

Chris

[brg5658]

Nice medal, Ankur!

 

The commemorative medals were given out as follows: silver gilt to dignitaries, silver to dignitaries & officials, bronze to dignitaries & officials and pewter to the athletes. The medals were struck at the Vaughton Mint (wherever that is) and the pewter medal is 51mm with a plain edge and weighs 47 grams.

 

The 1908 Olympics were originally planned for Rome, but due to the eruption of Vesuvius, they were moved to London. 22 countries were represented in 20 sports with 2035 participants, of which, 36 were women.

 

It was the first time in history that gold medals were awarded, but Italian athlete Dorando Pietri was deprived of one despite being the first across the marathon finish line because he was disqualified for having been helped.

 

Chris

 

Chris, great amount of history there.

 

Just one more piece, the medal's obverse and reverse were both designed by the Australian E.B. Mackennal. You can read more about him in this Wikipedia article, but briefly, he's best known for his King George V (5th) bust used on most all UK and commonwealth coinage during his reign.

 

-Brandon

[cpm9ball]

Nice medal, Ankur!

 

The commemorative medals were given out as follows: silver gilt to dignitaries, silver to dignitaries & officials, bronze to dignitaries & officials and pewter to the athletes. The medals were struck at the Vaughton Mint (wherever that is) and the pewter medal is 51mm with a plain edge and weighs 47 grams.

 

The 1908 Olympics were originally planned for Rome, but due to the eruption of Vesuvius, they were moved to London. 22 countries were represented in 20 sports with 2035 participants, of which, 36 were women.

 

It was the first time in history that gold medals were awarded, but Italian athlete Dorando Pietri was deprived of one despite being the first across the marathon finish line because he was disqualified for having been helped.

 

Chris

 

Chris, great amount of history there.

 

Just one more piece, the medal's obverse and reverse were both designed by the Australian E.B. Mackennal. You can read more about him in this Wikipedia article, but briefly, he's best known for his King George V (5th) bust used on most all UK and commonwealth coinage during his reign.

 

-Brandon

 

Thanks, Brandon!

 

Many years ago, after acquiring some of the Chaplain & Roty medals of the 1900 Paris Exposition (and Olympics), I decided to purchase Victor Gadoury's book, Olympic Medals and Coins: 510 BC - 1994. It's loaded with all kinds of information.

 

Chris