Winner’s medal from the Athens 1906 Intercalated Olympics. Bronze, 50 mm, 58 gm, by Jules Clement Chaplain. The front depicts a relief portrait of Zeus holding Nike, the goddess of Victory, in the palm of his hand, with text along the left side, “Olympia”; the reverse bears a detailed view of the Acropolis of Athens topped by the Parthenon, with raised Greek characters to the upper and lower portion (translated), “International Olympic Games in Athens, 1906.” Stamped “Bronze” on the edge.
Winner’s medals from the 1906 Athens Games share the same design as those from the 1896 Athens Olympics, with the ceremony year serving as the lone distinction. The 1906 Athens Games were considered the Olympics by the press and participants—which included 854 athletes from twenty countries—but they were never officially sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee.
