This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 11/4/2017
Presented here is an extremely scarce participation medal issued for
the equestrian events held in Stockholm
for the Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympic Games. Due
to Australian agricultural quarantine regulations, the equestrian events
of the XVI Olympiad were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden,
making the 1956 Summer Games the second Olympics not to be held
entirely in one country. The first were the 1920 Antwerp Games, which
were co-hosted by Amsterdam and Osten. Research indicates that only 158
equestrian athletes participated and it is believed that less than 200
of these medals were struck, making Stockholm
participation medals among the rarest and most-coveted for esteemed
Olympic collectors.
Made of bronze with an oval shape, the medal measures 50 mm tall, 42 mm wide and 2 mm thick, weighing 40 grams. Designed by
John Sjosvard and inspired by a sculpture in the Parthenon, the obverse shows an ancient Greek horseman riding left over a
platform with the Olympic rings below. Surrounding the rim is “XVI Olympiadens Ryttartavlingar
Stockholm 1956" with some minor green patina at the top. The reverse is blank. Overall, it presents Near Mint. What a find!
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