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← Sporting Memorabilia 8th & 9th March 2022

Two Olympic Games participant's medals for Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964 with memorabilia, comprising Rome 1960 Olympic Games participant's bronze medal d

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Unsold
Estimated Price:

£300 - £400

Two Olympic Games participant's medals for Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964 with memorabilia, comprising Rome 1960 Olympic Games participant's bronze medal designed by Prof. E. Greco, obverse depicting a nude female torchbearer superimposed over the Olympic Rings, reverse depicting flight of eagles soaring over the Rome stadium, diameter 55mm., weight 79gms.; two bronze commemorative medals and another in silver; a pin; a ticket for athletics of 10th September; and three postcards, featuring Pierre de Coubertin, Sigfrid Edstrom & Avery Brundage, all with San Marino postage stamps and postmarks and Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games participant's medal, designed by T. Okamoto and K. Tanaka, copper, obverse with stylised figures of three runners and a swimmer, inscribed OKAMOTO TANAKA, reverse with Olympic Rings and legend in Japanese and English, inscribed XVIII OLYMPIAD TOKYO 1964, rim bearing mint stamp, diameter 61mm., weight 119gms., (10)