Large unawarded silver winner's medal from the Torino 2006 Winter Olympics. Silver, 513 gm, 105 mm, designed by Quatrini and minted by Ottaviani International. The front features a fluid geometric design of the emblem of the Games at the bottom; the reverse has a polished pictogram of an athlete below the sport, “Speed Skating,” and is engraved with the event, “Men's 1000 m.” The edge is engraved in Italian, French, and English: "XX Giochi Olimpici Invernali, XX Jeux Olympiques d'Hiver, XX Olympic Winter Games." The uniquely designed medal has a hole at the center, through which the red, gold, and fuchsia ribbon is tied; the central hole was designed to suspend directly over the heart of the winning athlete, a design meant to symbolize life, energy, and human emotion. Complete with its original wood-and-plastic curved display case. A beautiful and impressive second-place Olympic prize—at the time, the Torino winner's medal was the largest ever issued.
