London 1908 Olympic Games cased silver prize medal won by the British gymnast Walter Tysall, designed by Bertram Mackennal, in silver, two young maide

London 1908 Olympic Games cased silver prize medal won by the British gymnast Walter Tysall, designed by Bertram Mackennal, in silver, two young maidens are crowning a winning athlete, the reverse with St George slaying the dragon, the rim inscribed WALTER TYSALL SECOND PRIZE GYMNASTICS HEPTATHLON, the original case of issue in distressed and incomplete condition Walter Tysall (1880-1955) the three times British gymnastics champion became the first Great Britain competitor to win a gymnastics medal and was also the last to medal in the gymnasium before Louis Smith won an individual medal at Beijing precisely 100 years later in 2008. The seven events that comprised the men's individual all-round heptathlon were horizontal bar (swinging movements), horizontal bar (slow movements), parallel bars, rings (swinging), rings (stationary), vault and rope climbing.