Winner’s medal issued for the London 1948 Summer Olympics. Silver, 51 mm, 65 gm, by Giuseppe Cassioli. The front, inscribed, “XIVth Olympiad, London, 1948,” features a ‘Seated Victory’ with the Coliseum in the background; the reverse portrays a winner carried by jubilant athletes. Includes its rare original blue leather presentation box. These second-place winner’s medals are quite scarce given that only 300 of were minted.
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