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Handsome winner's medal awarded at the Paris 1924 Summer Olympics. Silver, 55 mm, 79 gm, by Andre Rivaud, Paris. The front depicts a fallen opponent being helped by a triumphant athlete, with the designer's name "A. Rivaud" etched below his foot, and the Olympic rings at the bottom; the reverse, inscribed, "VIIIeme Olympiade, Paris 1924," depicts a harp and various pieces of sporting equipment. Stamped "Argent" on the edge. The winner's medals for these Olympic Games were the first to incorporate the iconic Olympic rings into the design. Only 304 of these attractive second-place silver medals were issued, with this being an especially fine example.
