Winner's medal issued for the Stockholm 1912 Olympics. Solid gold, 33 mm, 24 gm, by Erik Lindberg and Bertram Mackennal. The front depicts a victorious athlete holding a palm branch as he is crowned with a laurel wreath; the reverse depicts a herald proclaiming the start of the Olympic Games with a bust of Ling, founder of Swedish gymnastics, to his rear. The medal was once set into a cigarette case, so one side has been polished.
These solid gold medals—the last to be awarded at any Olympiad—were awarded to the first-place winners of individual events and a select few team/doubles/equestrian competitions, while gilt silver examples were given to the winners of team events. The name of the winner will be given to the buyer of the medal. A solid gold medal from the Stockholm 1912 Olympics is one of the rarest prize medals of any Olympic Games.
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