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Beautiful sample winner's medal for the Lake Placid 1980 Winter Olympics. Gilt bronze, 80 mm, 206 gm, by Tiffany and Co. of New York. The front, inscribed "XIII Olympic Winter Games," depicts a raised hand holding the Olympic torch against a mountain backdrop, with the Olympic rings to the right side; the reverse, inscribed "Lake Placid 1980," features a small Lake Placid Games emblem and a large pine branch with cones. Stamped on the edges, "Bronze" and "Sample," and lacking the Tiffany & Co. hallmark. Includes an unattached white-and-blue ribbon. Housed in a light blue Tiffany & Co. pouch. This sample gold winner's medal differs from those actually awarded at the 1980 Winter Olympics in both its construction—gilt bronze rather than gilt silver—and appearance, as there is no hallmark or engraved event.
