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Lot 338
Sale 5543 - American Furniture, Folk & Decorative Arts
Apr 17, 2013
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$24,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Rare 1904 St. Louis Olympic Games ribboned participation medal dieges and clust, new york, ny
The medal of octagonal form, the obverse cast to show a nude male, mid-stride, clutching a laurel branch, the sun rising over his shoulder; the verso with legend and the crests of St. Louis, France and the United States against a background of ivy; the medal suspended from a ribbon inscribed, "Aug. 29-31, Sept. 1-3, 1904" and attached to a bar impressed, "Hon. Official."
L: 4 in. (including ribbon and bar)