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Participation medal from the Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 63 mm, 105 gm, by Andor Meszaros. The front depicts the Olympic motto encircled by pairs of athletes following the march of a flag-bearer; the reverse bears the Melbourne coat of arms and Olympic rings, with raised text along the top, "Olympic Games Melbourne, 1956."
The consignor notes that the recipient of this example was soccer star Ivan Šantek, who was a member of the silver medal–winning Yugoslavian national football team. After blowing out the competition in the quarter-finals (9-1 against the USA) and semi-finals (4-1 against India), Yugoslavia lost 1-0 to the Soviet Union in the championship match.
