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Elusive ‘Comité D'Honneur’ badge from the London 1908 Olympic Games. Gold-plated, 26 gm, 46 mm x 57mm. The badge depicts the head of Athena facing a laurel branch and encircled by a red enameled border with the text, "Comité D'Honneur, 1908.” The reverse is stamped “Olympic Games, London,” and bears a Vaughton of Birmingham maker's mark.
The Comité D'Honneur of the 1908 London Olympic Games consisted of a total of 63 people from 19 different countries, a prestigious group that included IOC members and other VIPS. The mark worn by these is available in a silver version with blue enamel and a more elusive gilt version with red enamel. A rare and attractive badge from an Olympic Games that extended for over six months—the longest in modern history.
