Second-place winner’s medal from the St. Louis 1904 Olympics, awarded by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in "Flying Rings." Silvered, 41 gm, 44 mm, by Dieges & Clust, New York. The front of the medal depicts the goddess Fortuna on her Rota Fortunae [Wheel of Fortune] and holding a crown of laurels, encircled with raised text: “Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, MDCCCLXXXVIII”; the reverse is engraved with the name of the event, “Flying Rings,” which is surrounded by sports equipment and the winged foot of Mercury, with text to the upper portion: “Champion.” The reverse also bears the Dieges & Clust maker’s mark. Sewn to a new red, white, and blue ribbon that backs the frayed and torn original, suspended from its silver badge with embossed text: “1904, Universal Exposition, Olympic Games, St. Louis.”
