This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/10/2022
Presented here is a third place winner's bronze medal from the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, which will be forever remembered as Jesse Owens' Games. A total of 320 bronze medals were struck (same number of golds and silvers) by minter B.H. Mayer, each made of pure bronze with a diameter of 55 mm and a weight of 74 grams. Designed by Giuseppe Cassioli, the obverse features Nike, Goddess of Victory, seated above a stadium holding the winner's crown and palm branch with the German legend "XI. OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936" in raised lettering. The reverse shows a winner carried by jubilant athletes. The medal remains in exceptional conditon, preserved much better than most '36 Berlin bronze examples in terms of color and texture. Although the recipient and event are unknown (no 1936 gold, silver or bronze medals provided this info), the medal survives as an important historical artifact from an extremely tense Olympics under the watchful eye of Hitler's Nazi regime.