A group of medals and badges from the Ottorino Barassi Collection with Olympic interest
£250 - £350
A group of medals and badges from the Ottorino Barassi Collection with Olympic interest, comprising: two .750 gold-mounted silver medals issued by the Italian Olympic Committee and named to Ottorino Barassi for the Olympic cycles 1949-1952 and 1953 to 1956; a .900 silver-gilt medal awarded to Ottorino Barassi by the Argentinian Olympic Committee in 1958; a silver-plated & enamel badge for the Italian Ski School at Campitello Matese issued ahead of the Cortina 1956 Winter Olympic Games, areas of enamel loss; two stick pins relating to the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games; a lapel badge for the Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games; and three various other badges all bearing Olympic Rings; the lot also including a pair of Italian Panathlon International ("Ludis Iungit") lapel badges, (12)
The following lots 765 to 781 were awarded to Italian Sports Official Ottorino Barassi