Winner’s Medal, Interim Games Athens, 1906
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- Title:
- Winner’s Medal, Interim Games Athens, 1906
- Artist:
- Jules C. Chaplain
- Date:
- 1906
- Period:
- 20th century CE
- Title:
- Winner’s Medal, Interim Games Athens, 1906
- Artist:
- Jules C. Chaplain
- Date:
- 1906
- Period:
- 20th century CE
Silver medal awarded to second–place winners at the 1906 Olympic Games held in Athens.
The obverse features a laureate head of Zeus holding a winged statue of Victory (Nike), who carries a laurel branch and stands upon a globe. The inscription “ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ” (Olympia) appears beside Nike in raised Greek lettering, while the artist’s signature is engraved near the edge.
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