Winner's medal issued for a higher education shooting competition hosted alongside the Paris 1900 Olympics. Bronze, 42 mm x 60 mm, 54 gm, by Frederic Vernon, Paris. The front, inscribed "Republique Francaise, Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900," features a winged goddess scattering laurels over the grounds of the Exposition; the reverse identifies the sport as higher education shooting, "Xme Championnat de Tir des Ecoles Superieures [10th Higher Education Shooting Championship],” and depicts a victorious athlete upon a podium with a stadium and the Acropolis in the background. Stamped "Bronze" on an edge.
