Medal presented to returning United States athletes by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia as part of New York City's 'Welcome Olympians' festivities, a week's worth of celebratory events culminating in a ticker-tape parade on September 3, 1936. Bronze, 50 mm, 53 gm, by the Medallic Art Co., New York. The front features a hand holding a laurel branch, and the reverse depicts the Seal of New York City, with the text: "Presented by Fiorello H. La Guardia, Mayor, to Richard R. Hanna, 1936 Olympian." Hanna was a member of the USA's national baseball team which took part in the 1936 Olympic demonstration tournament.
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