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Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games participation medal awarded to the Swedish long-distance runner Verner Magnusson, bronze, signed P. Theunis, the obverse st

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£360
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£400 - £600

Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games participation medal awarded to the Swedish long-distance runner Verner Magnusson, bronze, signed P. Theunis, the obverse struck with a female figure crowning three athletes, the reverse with a male athlete driving a biga; sold together with a silver-gilt & enamel medal named to Werner Magnusson, inscribed I.F. KAMRATERNA, GOTEBORG, 1963, ribbon suspension (2) Magnusson competed in three events at the Antwerp 1920 Olympic games winning a bronze medal representing Sweden in the men's cross-country team event. He also finished 13th in the x-country individual race and was 6th on the track in the 10,000 metres.