Unawarded winner's medal issued for the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 70 mm, 165 gm, by Malcolm Grear Designers; manufactured by Reed and Barton. The front, inscribed "XXVI Olympiad Atlanta 1996" with Olympic rings, shows a ‘Seated Victory’ holding a laurel wreath and palm branch, with the Colosseum looming in the background; the reverse, inscribed "Centennial Olympic Games," features the Atlanta logo and a stylized 'Quilt of Leaves' olive branch with pictogram of a swimmer. The medal is plain along the bottom edge. Suspended from its original green-and-gold ribbon, embroidered with laurel leaves and "Atlanta 1996." A highly desirable piece minted for the ever-popular swimming events at the Atlanta Summer Games.
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