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Click here to subscribeAn 1896 Athens Olympic Games second prize medal, in bronze, designed by Jules Chaplain, the obverse with Zeus holding a globe upon which a winged Victory stands holding laurel, the reverse with a view of the Acropolis and Parthenon, with a Greek legend There were no gold prize medals awarded at the inaugural modern Olympic Games of 1896. The winner received a silver medal, the runner-up a bronze.
A 1900 Paris Olympic Games participation medal issued to the balloonist Abel Corot, in the form of a Paris Exposition Universelle Internationale medal, round, in bronze, designed by J.C.Chaplain, with the reserved panel at the bottom of the obverse inscribed in raised letters COROT Abel Corot finished 9th in the ballooning competition at the 1900 Paris Games. This was the only time that ballooning featured as an Olympic sport. The gold medal was awarded to the balloon that landed closest to the designated target.
A 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle Internationale medal, designed by Chaplain in bronze, head of the French Republic, reverse with a male holding a flaming torch being carried by a winged female In the absence of official participation medals being awarded at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games, the present medal is deemed to be its nearest representation as the Games wee held in conjunction with the 1900 Paris International Exhibition.
A rare 1904 St Louis Olympic Games boxed official’s medal issued to an Assistant Clerk of the Course, the bronze medal inscribed UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, ST LOUIS, USA, 1904, the red ribbon (fragile condition) stamped gilt OPEN HANDICAP, ATHLETIC MEET, MAY 21, 1904, the brooch bar inscribed ASS’T CL.COURSE, in original Dieges & Clust, New York, cardboard box This medal, and the one in the following lot, were both issued to the same individual, an Assistant Clerk of the Course at the athletics events. The original recipient is one of the following individuals R G Campbell, Edward E Lee, J S Fleming, J J O’Brien or M Ferriss.
A 1904 St Louis Olympic Games athlete’s participation medal, without any traces of loop at top edge, as presented to the athletes, by Dieges & Clust, New York, the obverse with a naked athlete, the reverse with an eleven line legend, and the shields of St Louis, France & USA on a background of ivy leaves The version of this medal presented to officials etc. has a loop at the top and was worn as a badge with the medal hanging from an inscribed ribbon suspended from a bar with Olympic legend, sometimes found with the loop only and sometimes with the loop removed. The present medal has no loop, or traces of a loop being removed, and therefore was originally presented to a participating athlete.
A fine quality silver inkpot mounted with two enamelled roundels being coloured artistic interpretations of the 1908 London Olympic Games participation medal design, hallmarked Vaughton & Son, Birmingham, 1908, of square form, engraved monograms on sides between the enamel roundels, the hinged lid with a Tudor Rose design, blue glass liner, green baize underside, height 9cm., 3 1/2in.
A 1908 London Olympic Games participation medal in the rarely seen original presentation paper box, awarded to the British lawn tennis player Kenneth Powell, designed by Bertram Mackennal with a winged figure of fame blowing a trumpet on a globe between a legend, the reverse with a victorious athlete riding in a quadriga, in white metal, the rim inscribed K.POWELL, LAWN TENNIS Kenneth Powell partnered Walter Crawley in the men’s doubles. They were beaten in the quarter-finals by their British compatriots and eventual gold medal winners George Hillyard and Reginald Doherty.
A London 1908 Olympic Games participation medal, by Vaughton, in white metal, designed by Bertram Mackennal with a winged figure of victory, and a quadriga winning a chariot race The current owner of this medal has confirmed to the auctioneer that it was originally issued to his grandfather Charles Edward Harvey who was an unplaced British gymnast at the London 1908 Games.
A medallion of the reverse side of the 1908 London Olympic Games prize medal design by Bertram Mackennal A.R.A., depicting St George, the Patron Saint of England, slaying the dragon whilst being led by Victory, originally used for the reduction machine to produce the reverse die for the 1908 London Olympic Games prize medals, uniface bronzed white metal, mounted in walnut, the underside with ink inscription B. MACKENNAL (1863-1931), FOR THE OLYMPIC GAMES, 1908, diameter 12.5cm., 5in.
A surely unique opportunity to acquire in a single offering at auction a complete set of cased gold, silver and bronze prize medals from the 1908 London Olympic Games all awarded to Great Britain competitors, each with an identical design by Bertram Mackennal, by Vaughton of Birmingham in hallmarked gold, silver and bronze, two young maidens are crowning a winning athlete, the reverse with St George slaying the dragon, the gold medal in a red leather case with maroon velvet lining, the silver medal in a dark blue case with purple velvet lining, and the bronze medal in a tan leather case with emerald green velvet lining, the rim of each medal and its case lid inscribed as follows: WINNER, WATER POLO, CHARLES SYDNEY SMITH; OLYMPIC GAMES, WINNER, WATER POLO, LONDON, 1908 SECOND PRIZE RUNNING DEER TEAMS OLYMPIC GAMES, SECOND PRIZE, RUNNING DEER, TEAMS, LONDON, 1908 THIRD PRIZE BANTAM BOXING OLYMPIC GAMES, THIRD PRIZE, BANTAM BOXING, LONDON, 1908 Surely a unique opportunity to acquire examples of all three prize medals from the first London Olympic Games of 1908 in one lot at auction. The gold medal was presented to Charles Sydney Smith (1876-1951). He was born in Wigan the ninth of eleven children. He was the Great Britain water polo goalkeeper who won back-to-back golds at London 1908 & Stockholm 1912 and then, remarkably, returned to the sport aged 41, to help win British gold for a third time at Antwerp in 1920. For the complete record he was still competing at Paris in 1924, but GB were eliminated in the first round. At Stockholm in 1912 he became the first competing athlete to be invited to be the team’s flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony. The silver medal relates to the Great Britain team that finished second in the men’s team single shot running deer competition, one of 15 events in the shooting programme at the London 1908 Games. The team consisted of four marksmen Charles Nix, William Russell Lane-Joynt, Walter Ellicott and Ted Ranken. It is not known to whom this particular medal was awarded. A deer-shaped target made 10 runs of 75 feet which lasted about four seconds. Each competitor was allowed one shot per run from a distance of 110 yards. Concentric circles were drawn on the ‘deer’ with 1-4 points available on the target. Great Britain narrowly missed out on gold accumulating one point less than Sweden’s winning score of 86 from a possible 160 points. The bronze medal was won by the British bantamweight boxer William ‘Wally’ Webb. Britain in fact won a clean sweep of medals in this weight division. Wally Webb had lost to his compatriot John Condon in the semi-final. Very little is known of Webb. He was born 19th November 1882 and affiliated to the 17th North Middlesex School of Arms Amateur Boxing Club.
A fine collection of memorabilia relating to the British 1908 London Olympic Games boxing champion Richard K Gunn including his cased Olympic gold prize medal and winner’s diploma, the lot comprising: i) a 1908 Olympic Games gold prize medal designed by Bertram Mackennal, manufactured by Vaughton of Birmingham in hallmarked gold, two young maidens are crowning a winning athlete, the reverse with St George slaying the dragon, the rim inscribed WINNER, FEATHER-WEIGHT BOXING, in original red leather fitted case with maroon velvet lining, the lid inscribed gilt OLYMPIC GAMES, WINNER, FEATHERWEIGHT BOXING, LONDON, 1908; ii) a 1908 Olympic Games winner’s diploma named to R K GUNN, framed & glazed, overall 47 by 56cm., 18 1/2 by 22in.; iii) a large 22 by 15in. signed photographic portrait of Richard Gunn posed in boxing vest and trunks, signed in ink lower left and inscribed by hand OLYMPIC GAMES, 1908; iv) R K Gunn’s 1908 Olympic Games competitor’s card v) ephemera relating to Gunn’s Olympic success including congratulatory letters and telegrams and a menu for a complimentary dinner held in appreciation of his Olympic achievement, at Anderton’s Hotel; together with non-Olympic boxing memorabilia relating to Richard Gunn, comprising: a) hallmarked silver salver of octagonal form with presentation inscription dated July 1950 reading PRESENTED TO R.R. (DICK) GUNN BY THE AMATEUR BOXING ASSOCIATION IN RECOGNITION OF HIS LONG AND VALUABLE SERVICES ON THE COUNCIL AS A MEMBER LIFE PRESIDENT AND HON. TREASURER, A.B.A. FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION 1894, 1895 & 1896, 30.5cm., 12in. diameter b) a framed prize diploma named to Gunn and presented by the German Gymnasium c) scrapbooks press cuttings and other ephemera relating to the career of R K Gunn Richard Kenneth Gunn (1871-1961) is the oldest man ever to have been crowned as an Olympic boxing champion. He achieved this feat in the featherweight division of the boxing tournament at the London Games of 1908 aged 37 years and 254 days. He had in fact retired when still British amateur featherweight champion in 1896, a title he had held for three consecutive years. This retirement was actually at the request of the ABA as Gunn was far the superior of any of his rivals. In return Gunn served on the ABA Council for more than ten years. When the fighter learned that the Olympic Games were coming to London he resumed training, returned to the ring and won the gold meal at the 1908 Games, before hanging up his gloves for good immediately thereafter. He only ever suffered one defeat in 15 years of boxing. Gunn was born in Charing Cross, London, 16th February 1871 and died at Lambeth, London, 23rd June 1961 aged 90.
A 1908 London Olympic Games gold prize winner’s medal awarded for rugby to an unknown Australian player, in 15ct. gold by Vaughton of Birmingham, designed by Bertram Mackennal, the obverse with two maidens crowning a victorious athlete, the reverse with St George, patron Saint of England, slaying the dragon, the rim inscribed WINNER, RUGBY FOOTBALL The recipient of this medal is unknown. It was one of the touring Wallabies team to the UK in 1908-09 who provided the only opposition to Great Britain in the entry for the Olympic rugby competition. The Great Britain team was effectively the Cornwall county rugby team. For the record, the Australian team who beat Great Britain convincingly 32-3 comprised Phil Carmichael, Charles Russell, Daniel Carroll, John Hickey, Frank Smith, Christopher McKivatt, Arthur McCabe, Thomas Griffen, Jumbo Barnett, Patrick McCue, Sydney Middleton, Tom Richards, Malcolm McArthur, Charles McMurtie & Robert Craig. The match report in the Daily Telegraph read as follows: ‘It will be remembered that less than a month ago there was a match played between Australia and Cornwall at Camborne and although the Australians also won on that occasion, the beaten side then played on the whole, a very good game. Yesterday the champion England county was practically at full strength, but from start to finish they were outplayed. The methods by which this victory was gained were even more creditable to the winners than the completeness of the victory itself and it is only fair to the Australians to speak of their play in terms of unqualified praise. The ground was very slippery and very heavy and as a result of several hours of continuous rain the ball was very greasy. The excellence of the play of the Australian backs therefore surprised the spectators. They gave a display of football which would have done credit to a Welsh international side, at its best. They scored eight tries and so good was the play leading up to each of them that it would be hard to say which was the best.’ Rugby Union was contested at the Olympic Games of 1900, 1908, 1920 & 1924. In fact, the 1900 rugby final in Paris drew the biggest crowd for any event during the Games, 6,000 spectators witnessed the home team beat Great Britain 27-8 in the final. The difficulty was getting enough teams to enter for it to have any competitive meaning, in both 1908 and 1920 only two teams took part. After a period of 85 years in 2009, rugby was voted back into the Olympic programme and will commence again, albeit in its sevens format, at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
An autographed postcard of the Australian ‘Wallabies’ rugby touring team to Great Britain 1908-09 that won the gold medal at the 1908 London Olympic Games, a real photo team-group, the reverse signed in ink by the touring team For further information on this Australian rugby team, see previous lot where a gold medal from the rugby tournament at the 1908 Olympic Games is being offered.
The first Olympic silver medal awarded for a winter sport: a 1908 London Olympic Games second prize medal won by Great Britain’s Arthur Warren J Cumming for the Special Figure Skating, designed by Bertram Mackennal, in silver, two young maidens are crowning a winning athlete, the reverse with St George slaying the dragon, the rim inscribed SECOND PRIZE MEN’S SPECIAL FIGURE SKATING The 1908 London Games contained events in figure skating for both men and women pre-dating the first Winter Olympic Games that took place at Chamonix 16 years later in 1924. The Men’s Special Figures was the first event in the skating schedule with the finals taking place on 29th October 1908 at the Prince’s Skating Club in Knightsbridge. Special figures were a component of figure skating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Like compulsory figures today, special figures involved tracing patterns on the ice with the blade of one skate, testing the skater’s powers of balance and control. While compulsory figures have standard patterns derived from the a figure of 8, the earlier special figures were elaborate patterns of the skaters’ own invention. These designs included rosettes, stars, crosses, and other elaborate curlicues In the 1908 Games Arthur Cumming finished runner-up in the Special Figures to the Russian skater Nikolai Panin. The Special Figures never appeared as part of an Olympic programme thereafter. Tragically Cumming was involved in a motorcycle accident in May 1914 after which he contracted tetanus and died a day after his 25th birthday.
A 1908 London Olympic Games cased silver prize medal won by the British gymnast Walter Tysall, designed by Bertram Mackennal, in silver, two young maidens are crowning a winning athlete, the reverse with St George slaying the dragon, the rim inscribed WALTER TYSALL SECOND PRIZE GYMNASTICS HEPTATHLON, the original case of issue in distressed and incomplete condition Walter Tysall (1880-1955) the three times British gymnastics champion became the first Great Britain competitor to win a gymnastics medal and was also the last to medal in the gymnasium before Louis Smith won an individual medal at Beijing precisely 100 years later in 2008. The seven events that comprised the men’s individual all-round heptathlon were horizontal bar (swinging movements), horizontal bar (slow movements), parallel bars, rings (swinging), rings (stationary), vault and rope climbing.
Sir (John) Bernard Partridge (1861-1945) THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK FOR THE 1908 LONDON OLYMPIC GAMES GOLD MEDAL WINNER’S DIPLOMA signed & dated 1908 in Roman numerals lower right, additionally signed by Lord Desborough (President of the British Olympic Council), mixed media drawing For examples of a 1908 London Olympic Games prize winner’s diploma, see the following lot relating to the British women’s tennis player Dora Boothby and also lot 75 relating to the British gold medal winning boxer Richard K Gunn. The official report for the 1908 London Olympic Games includes a passage about Bernard Partridge’s work in designing the prize medals and the prize winner’s Olympic diploma. ‘In addition to his design for medals, Diplomas of two kinds were also designed by Mr. Bernard Partridge for the Council, and are reproduced in this Report. The first design, for prize-winners only, representing a winged Victory between the figures of Hellas and Britannia, was exhibited in the Royal Academy, and was awarded in its larger form to winners of gold medals, and in a slightly smaller form to winners of silver and bronze medals. Each winner of a gold medal also received the smaller form of this diploma for presentation to his Club or Association as a memorial of his success. The second design, representing Victory seated, was worked out in black and red, and formed a Diploma of Merit, which was awarded by the various Associations controlling each series of events in the Games to athletes who achieved a high standard of excellence without getting first, second, or third in their competition. In a certain number of restricted cases this diploma was also awarded to officials and other for services rendered to the British Olympic Council in the organisation of the Games. It was thought right not to confuse the design in either class of medal by too long an inscription, so the event for which each prize-medal was awarded was incised upon the edge of its rim, with sufficient space left for the addition of the winner’s name. The same inscription was placed on the box containing each medal. The 250 gold medals ordered by the Council were placed in red boxes, 260 silver in dark blue boxes, and 260 bronze in yellow boxes. The large diplomas accompanying gold medals were rolled up in tubes, 20 1/2 inches long, of red, and the club diplomas were placed in deep crimson tubes, 18 1/2 inches in length. Dark blue and yellow tubes (also 18 1/2 inches long) were provided für second and third prize diplomas respectively. The diplomas of merit (of which 500 were ordered) were placed in light blue tubes, 17 inches long. The Commemorative Medals, being larger than the prize medals, were easily distinguishable, apart from the use of various coloured boxes for each class of these awards.’
A private archive of Stanley Vivian Bacon the British gold medal winning wrestler from the 1908 London Olympic Games, being an extensive and rarely seen documentation of the career of an early Olympic Games gold medal winner and athlete, extensive mostly contained in a large album pasted with pictures, programmes, tickets identity cards, newspaper cuttings and other ephemera, pasted chronologically covering Bacon’s career as a wrestler between 1904 and 1928, over 300 items in the album, of which 80+ are related to the Olympics in Athens 1906, London 1908, Stockholm 1912, Antwerp 1920, Paris 1924 & Amsterdam 1928, highlights including Bacon’s competitor’s card from Antwerp, further details are available on request; sold with a separate scrap book relating to the Stockholm Games of 1912, and a quantity of loose private photographs, also Army service papers, documents, magazines with content relating to Bacon etc. Stanley Bacon (1885-1952) won the gold medal at the 1908 London Olympic Games in the middleweight freestyle competition. He also competed at Stockholm in 1912 and Antwerp in 1920. He was still involved in wrestling at the Paris and Amsterdam Games of 1924 & 1928, latterly as a judge. Stanley Bacon was the eldest of five brothers who were all top-flight British wrestlers, whilst Edgar & Ernest Bacon also competed at Olympic level. Between them they accumulated 30 British Championship titles, Stanley half of these. By profession Stanley Bacon was a civil servant and an enthusiastic supporter of their sports club where he was diving and middleweight boxing champion, and played in the 1st XV at rugby.
Official reports for the previous two Olympic Games to be held in London in 1908 and 1948, 1908, by Theodore Andrea Cook, published by the British Olympic Association, 1909, 795pp, 60 photographic plates, extensive coverage, red cloth with depictions of the participation medal, spine cloth badly faded, otherwise a reasonably good copy; the 1948, edited by Lord Burghley, extensive coverage, numerous plates, green cloth, spine badly faded, otherwise good
Cook (Theodore Andrea) The Olympic Games, being a short history of the Olympic Movement from 1896 up to the present day, together with an account of the Games of Athens in 1906, and of the organisation of the Olympic Games of London in 1908, red paper wrappers with depiction of 1908 Olympic prize medal
The 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games gold prize medal awarded to the British swimmer Jennie Fletcher for the 100 metres Freestyle Relay, 33.5mm, struck in silver-gilt (as usual for 1912 1st Place team awards), designed by Erik Lindberg and Bertram Mackennal, two maidens crowning a victorious athlete, the reverse with a herald proclaiming the Olympic Games, Jennie Fletcher became Britain’s first female Olympic swimming medallist when she won an individual bronze in the 1912 100 metres freestyle final behind two Australians (Fanny Durack, who was using the then brand-new ‘Australian Crawl’ technique, and Mina (Wilhelmina) Wylie). In the relay event gold went to the British team of Bella Moore, Jennie, Annie Speirs and Irene Steer ahead of West Germany and Austria. Jennie swam an outstanding second leg to help earn the British girls a World Record as well as Olympic victory. Born on 19 March, 1890 in Leicester, the seventh of nine children in a family of five girls and four boys, Jennie Fletcher attended Mellow Street Board School and participated as often as possible in swimming competitions and exercises. She later wrote: “Swimming to me was my greatest pleasure and no encouragement was needed for me to compete in polo, diving or swimming. There was no mixed swimming in those days but with special permission my brother Ben was allowed to pace me.” From the age of 11 she was coached at Leicester’s Cossington Street Baths by the celebrated Jack Jarvis, whose characteristic freestyle employing the ‘Jarvis-Nuttall Kick’ had already brought him numerous awards (including two Olympic gold medals for the 1,000 and 4,000 metre open water races swum in the River Seine, Paris, in 1900). Jennie recalled: “Most of the early swimming was single arm and trudgen with the scissors kick going to the crawl in the latter stages. My training was not regimented but consisted of long walks, [and] skipping accompanied by deep breathing exercises.” In 1906, at the age of 34, Jarvis added a silver and two bronze medals to his own Olympic tally in the interim Athens Games, by which time Jennie was challenging for her first British record for the Ladies’ 100 yards freestyle. She went on to win 6 Amateur Swimming Association titles for the distance before 1912, setting a new world record in 1909. Working long hours with her father, who nevertheless gave her great support and encouragement as an amateur, she succeeded in winning numerous trophies and awards. She retained the Dewar Shield after winning it three years in succession, broke her own record on 11 occasions, and became British champion 6 times. At the London Olympics of 1908 it was decided, after much deliberation, that swimming competition for Ladies would be permitted; however uncertainty and a late decision meant that in the event there were too few entries to proceed. At the time this must have come as a huge disappointment for Jennie, whose parents had recently declined on her behalf the opportunity of a professional tour of America with the celebrated Annette Kellerman. At Stockholm in 1912, however, there was a strong British Ladies’ contingent, chaperoned by Jack Jarvis’s sister. Jennie later said: “The crowning moment of my career was when King Gustav of Sweden placed the classic laurel wreath on my head, put the gold medal round my neck, and said, ‘Well done, England!’”. In 1917 Jennie married Henry Hill Hyslop and the couple settled in Canada, where they farmed and had six children. Jennie died in 1968. Provenance: Bequeathed by the recipient Jennie Hyslop, née Fletcher, to her son Henry Irving Hyslop (1920-2000); bequeathed in turn by H.I. Hyslop to his daughter (and Jennie’s granddaughter) Heather, on behalf of whom it is now offered for sale. A copy of H.I. Hyslop’s Will, including codicil dated 1994 specifying the bequest to Heather of “… my mother’s gold medal from the 1912 Olympics… “ is included in the lot, together with a contemporary portrait postcard captioned ‘Jennie Fletcher Worlds 100 yds Champion’, showing Jennie wearing Leicester Ladies’ Swimming Club costume and a championship medal (see illustration). Copies of other relating documents, including a letter written by Jennie in 1965 to the compiler of a sports encyclopedia, are also offered with the lot. Other items of memorabilia relating to Jennie’s swimming career, including her Olympic laurel wreath, were donated by her daughter to the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
The 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games gold prize medal won by George Wilkinson captain of the British water polo team, designed by Erik Lindberg and Bertram Mackennal, two maidens crowning a victorious athlete, the reverse with a herald proclaiming the Olympic Games, in vermeil, the medal has been drilled at the top, gold patina worn; sold together with George Wilkinson’s 1912 Olympic Games participation medal, designed by Erik Lindberg with Zeus seated on an Ionian column holding a figure of Nike, the city of Stockholm beyond, the reverse with a victorious athlete riding in a quadriga (2) George Wilkinson, a prolific goal scorer with a variety of shots, is generally recognized as the world’s first great water polo player. In 1899 he was only playing in the Division III of the Manchester League, but the following year he was recruited by the famous Manchester Osborne Swim Club. He is traditionally listed as being a member of the1900 Paris Olympic Games gold medal winning British team, but this has been disputed in some sources. After being on the winning Manchester team for the 1901 ASA championships, Wilkinson moved to Hyde Seals SC in 1902. He captained the Hyde team for 22 years, leading them to nine ASA titles and a victory over Brussels in the ‘World Championship’ at Paris in 1904. Wilkinson won Olympic gold at London in 1908 and then captained the winning team at the 1912 Stockholm Games where we was awarded the gold medal being offered here. Wilkinson also travelled to Olympics in 1920 and 1924 as a reserve. He won a total of 24 caps for England between 1900 and 1922, captaining the team on four occasions. Like a number of notable sportsmen of this time, he became a publican and was the landlord at the Wheatsheaf Hotel in Hyde for many years. The Hyde Seal Statue was unveiled and Hyde Town Hall in 2002.
A 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games gold medal winner’s diploma awarded to a Great Britain footballer, designed by Prof. Olle Hjortzberg with the Goddess Pallas Athene holding a staff with one hand and lifting a symbol of victory with the other, the Olympic stadium can be seen beyond, colour lithograph with areas of embossed gilding, 47.5 by 65cm., 18 3/4 by 25 1/2in., mounted
A gold winner’s prize medal from the 1920 Antwerp Olympic Games in original box of issue, in silver-gilt, designed by Josue Dupon, minted by Cossemans of Brussels, the obverse with an athlete with a palm of victory, Fame blows a trumpet beyond, the reverse wit the Antwerp monument to the Legend of Braba, the cathedral and port beyond, the red box lid stamped gilt 1er PRIX, VIIe OLYMPIADE, ANVERS 1920 The original recipient of this medal is unknown. 450 silver-gilt medals were issued for the 1920 Antwerp Games. The medal is believed to have been in Great Britain since 1920 so it is presumed to have been won by a British competitor. Team GB won a total of 15 golds at Antwerp, finishing 3rd in the medals table.
A gold medal awarded to the 1924 Paris Olympic Games winning Uruguayan footballer Jose Nasazzi from his club Atletico Bella Vista, stamped 18k, the reverse inscribed CLUB A. BELLA VISTA, A, JOSE NASAZZI, CAMPEON OLIMPICO, 9 JUNIO 1924, weight 17gr. Jose Nasazzi played at full-back during Uruguay’s victory in the football competition at the Paris Games of 1924. They beat Switzerland 3-0 in the final.
A 1924 Paris Olympic Games gold medal winner’s Sevres porcelain vase, designed by Guillonet and executed by Bracquemond, with hand gilded laurel branches on a rich blue ground, four pate-sur-pate medallions depicting the Olympic sports of boxing, shot put, wrestling and javelin on a jade green ground, a magnificent, beautiful and very rare prize trophy afforded to gold medal winners at the Paris Games of 1924
A 1924 Olympic Games diploma for Victor Lay a British participant in the light-heavyweight freestyle wrestling competition, designed by Bernard Naudin in hues of brown & grey with central winged Goddess of Victory, bearing the signatures of the IOC President Pierre de Coubertin, and the French Olympic Committee President, mounted, framed & glazed, overall 79 by 63.5cm., 31 by 25in.; sold together with an official 6 by 8in. photograph of the 1924 British Olympic wrestling team featuring Victor Lay and the freestyle heavyweight bronze medallist Andrew McDonald, printed title and legend, in original frame, overall 30.5 by 37.5cm., 12 by 14 3/4in. (2) A total of 10,700 diplomas were produced and circulated to each Olympic Committee for presentation to their respective participants & officials. Victor Claude Lay was born at Eye, Suffolk, 26th August 1897. He was ranked tied for 11th place at the 1924 Olympic Games. He was the British amateur heavyweight champion between 1923 and 1927, and had also won the British Olympic Trials in 1924. During the First World War in 1915 Victor Lay was involved with the Gallipoli landings. He and a another soldier were carrying an ammunition case ashore when his assistant was shot. The weight of the case then pulled Lay under water, probably saving his life. Later, when shaving and the sun caught on his mirror alerting an enemy marksman of his whereabouts, and Victor Lay was wounded by a ricocheting bullet. He is also known to have taken part in nigh time operations laying tracks across the desert for troops to pass over the following day. Professionally, Victor Lay was a policeman for many years, and latterly worked with the Courts. He was awarded the King George VI Medal for Exemplary Police Service. Victor Lay died at Barnet, Hertfordshire, 1st March 1979.
A group of four Olympic badges, i) a yellow enamel badge with Olympic Rings and inscribed VIII OLYMPIADE 1924, brooch fitting; ii) a white metal & enamel competitor’s badge from the 1928 Amsterdam Games with Olympic Rings and inscribed IX OLYMPIADE, AMSTERDAM, 1928, CONCURRENT, button hole fitting; and two relating to the 1948 London Games, a bronze medal depicting an archer, green ribbon, the brooch bar inscribed LONDON 1948,a and a gilt-metal & enamel badge with Olympic Rings and inscribed 1948, LONDON
The 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games silver prize medal awarded to the Argentinean footballer Juan Evaristo, designed by Professor Giuseppe Cassioli of Florence with Victory seated above a stadium, the reverse with a winner being carried by jubilant athletes; sold together with a page removed from a scrapbook pasted both sides 7 photographs including a fully-signed 7 by 9in. b&w photograph of the Argentina silver medal team from the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, autographs including the manager and trainer, the other images are mainly informal of the team relaxing at their Dutch base at Bloemendal, but also including a match action photo from the Egypt match Evaristo did dot play in Argentina’s first two matches when they defeated USA 11-2 and Belgium 6-3, but featured in the 6-0 semi-final win over Egypt and in the final tie and replay that concluded with the 2-1 defeat by Uruguay. At the time of the Amsterdam Games, Evaristo, a defender, played for Sportivo Palermo. He later participated at the first World Cup in 1930 and was also a member of the 1927 and 1929 Argentina Copa America teams, and won an Argentinean Championship title with Boca Juniors in 1931.
Three medals/badges awarded to the Uruguayan footballer Peregrino Anselmo, the first medal in silver plate and inscribed EL PUEBLO DE MALDONADO, A LOS CAMPEONES OLIMPICOS, 1928, P.J. ANSELMO, together with a 1928 Olympic commemorative lapel badge with enamel national flag and football; and a bronze commemorative medal from the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay Anselmo was a member of the Uruguay 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games gold medal winning football squad, and also the winning team at the first World Cup in 1930. His club team was Penarol, where he was later coach.
Signed photographs of the American Olympic champion divers Pete Desjardins and Harold ‘Dutch’ Smith, portraying both divers in competition, signatures in ink, laid down on card with handwritten description in pencil, both 5 by 3 1/2in. Peter Desjardins created Olympic history at Amsterdam in 1928 when winning the gold medal in both the high platform and springboard competitions. ‘Dutch’ Smith won gold in the high platform at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles.
Two commemorations for the 50th anniversary of the IOC 1894-1944, the first a bronze medal, the obverse with a named portrait of Pierre de Coubertin and further inscribed 23 JUIN 1894 SORBONNE, the reverse inscribed 50me ANNIVERSAIRE DES JEUX OLYMPIQUES LAUSANNE JUIN 1944; sold together with a gold plated stick pin with Olympic Rings & laurel design (2)
A 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Winter Olympic Games cased bronze prize medal and diploma presented to Guy Dugdale for the Great Britain four-man bobsleigh, the large medal, 10cm., 4in. diameter, designed with a victorious charioteer in a quadriga above winter sports motifs and inscribed GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, the reverse with Olympic Rings and the legend IV OLYMPISCHE WINTERSPIELE 1936, in original presentation case; sold together with Dugdale’s bronze medal diploma; 8 b&w press photographs from the Games; and a congratulatory telegram from Carol Dugdale (11) Guy Carol Dugdale (1905-1982) was a British bobsleigher in the 1930s and won this Bronze medal at the 1936 Winter Games in the four-man bobsleigh. His team-mates were Frederick McEvoy, James Cardno and Charles Green. This was one of only three medals that Great Britain secured at Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Famously they won gold in the ice hockey, whilst Cecilia Colledge claimed silver in the women’s singles figure skating.
A 1936 Olympic Games display including an official flag, the 22 by 54cm. Olympic Rings flag embroidered onto a pale blue satin back cloth together with a round cloth badge inscribed 1936, INTERNATIONALES SPORTSSTUDENTENLAGER, BERLIN together with a group of 9 entrance tickets applied to the back cloth with a single stitch to each corner The tickets comprise: The Opening Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium 1st August, three for Athletics at the Olympic Stadium on 2nd, 3rd & 5th August, and thereby covering Jesse Owens’s gold medal winning performance in the 100m and the 200m. Other gold medals decided on the above dates comprise Finland’s Ilmari Salminen in the 10,000m, Great Britain’s Harold Whitlock in the 50k walk, the USA’s Corny Johnson in the high jump, the USA’s Earle Meadows in the pole vault, Germany’s Hans Woellke in the shot put, the USA’s Ken Carpenter in the discus, Germany’s Karl Hein in the discus, and Germany’s Tilly Fleischer in the women’s javelin. Weightlifting at the Deutschlandhalle 4th August. Polo at the Reichssportfelf 7th August. Football (Austria v Poland semi-final) at the Olympic Stadium 11th August. Baseball (demonstration and concert) at the Olympic Stadium 12th August. Boxing at the Deutschlandhalle 12th August
An official trophy presented to a member of the German gold medal winning handball team at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, in the form of a Bohemian crystal vase by Moser of Karlovy Vary (modern day Czech Republic), with a panel of two handball players in raised relief, the reverse with an eagle perched on Olympic Rings above the legend BERLIN 1936, extensively inscribed in German with details of the prize of the International Amateur Handball Federation to the German gold medal winning team. also inscribed DEUTSCHLAND-OSTERREICH, height 34cm., 13 1/2in. Germany won the handball competition at the Berlin Games. There was in fact no final tie, rather a final consisting of a round robin between Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Hungary. However, as it turned out the last match of the group between Germany and Austria was effectively a final as both teams has won their two earlier matches. Germany beat Austria 10-6 to maintain their 100% record in the tournament and claim the gold medal. Unlike today, the handball matches were played outdoors on a turf pitch.
A 1936 Berlin Olympic Games bronze prize medal and diploma presented to the Great Britain yachtsman [Sir] Peter Scott, designed by Professor Giuseppe Cassioli, manufactured by B M Mayer of Pforzheim, with Victory seated above a stadium holding a palm branch, the reverse with a winner carried aloft by jubilant athletes, in original presentation case; the third prize diploma in its original presentation folio (2) Peter Scott won bronze in the newly introduced O-Jolle Class for single handed dinghies. The sailing took place on the Firth of Kiel between 4th and 12th August with 25 nations entering. Scott won the first race and led the field to about halfway. Sir Peter Markham Scott (1909-1989) was a celebrated ornithologist, conservationist and acclaimed artist. He was a founder of the World Wildlife Fund and established several wetlands bird sanctuaries in Britain, notably the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire.
A collection of memorabilia relating to the British diver Jean Gilbert including the swim suit she wore at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, by Umbro, in black wool, inscribed OLYMPIC GAMES, 1936; sold together with two framed period photograph of Jean Gilbert seen competing in the diving competition wearing this swim suit; and a ‘good luck’ card from Umbro addressed to Miss J Gilbert; the lot also including Jean Gilbert’s: bronze 1936 Olympic Games participation medal; bronze competitor’s badge designed with Olympic Rings above the Brandenburg Gate, numbered 4294, dark blue ribbon; competitor’s identity card for the Berlin Olympics; and a presentation by the Jersey Swimming Club to the British diver Jane Gilbert being a souvenir of her participation at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games, in the form of a small two-handled electroplated cup with presentation inscription, mounted on a composition base, height 11cm., 4 1/4in. Jean Gilbert was a member of Jersey Swimming Club who at the age of 16 represented Great Britain at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. In the 10 metres platform diving she finished with a ranking of 7th.
Helen Gordon’s Great Britain swimsuits worn at the 1948, 1952 & 1956 Olympic Games in London, Helsinki & Melbourne including the occasion of her bronze prize medal in 1952, the first two accompanied by a luggage label signed by Helen Gordon and confirming that she wore the suit at the Games, the 1948 swimsuit is complete with slips, the last time they were issued to women swimmers to wear under their silk suit, each with a silkwork Great Britain team badge, damage to the 1948 swimsuit; sold with a period photograph of Helen Gordon wearing the 1948 swimsuit; and a repro photograph of the British women’s swimming team at the London Games attired in team swimsuits, framed
A very rare 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games participation medal for the equestrian sports held at Stockholm due to Australian quarantine regulations, designed by J. Sjoesvaerd, in bronze, Classical horseman above Olympic Rings, blank reverse There were only 158 participants at the Stockholm events. Over 12,000 medals were made for the main Melbourne Games in 1956.
A VIP edition of the 1956 Stockholm Olympic Equestrian Games originally owned by Harry Llewellyn the British gold medal winning horseman from the previous Summer Games, presented by The British Horse Society to Llewellyn in his capacity as Chef De Mission for the British team at Stockholm and mailed to him c/o The Grand Hotel, Stockholm, the VIP edition contained within stiff blue cloth covered boards, signed in pencil by Llewellyn on the front cover of the programme, and contains his personal annotations including records of faults during the dressage section, the inside back board bears a record of an appointment aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia, moored at Kastellholm Island, staining to boards
A 1960 Rome Olympic Games official programme and entrance ticket for the boxing competition both featuring Cassius Clay, the programme covering the boxing competition, the ticket numbered 251 and specifically issued for the gold medal final bouts on the evening of 5th September including Clay’s light-heavyweight gold medal fight v Poland’s Zbigniew Pietrzykowski
1960 Rome Olympic Games memorabilia, i) a silver-gilt medal cast with two fighting boxers, the reverse with Olympic Rings, understood to have been struck for members of the Soviet team at the 1960 Olympic boxing tournament; ii) two pairs of white metal buttons decorated with Olympic Rings and, a view of ancient Rome and dated 1960 in Roman numerals; iii) XVII Olympiad, Rome 1960, presented by Harold Abrahams with a foreword by Roger Bannister, softback with pictorial cover
A gold medal commemorating the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games, stamped .900, designed by Yusaku Kamekura (who also designed the official poster), issued by the Tokyo Olympic Committee Fund Raising Association, featuring the official rising sun over Olympic Rings emblem, the reverse with a charioteer in a quadriga holding aloft a flaming torch
A rare African American ‘Olympic Project For Human Rights’ protest button from the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games, black and green printing on white celluloid, 6.5cm. diameter, brooch fitting, a rare and historically significant survival Team mates at San Jose University, Tomme Smith and John Carlos were both competitors in the 200 metres final and won the gold and bronze medals respectively. At the medal ceremony Smith and Carlos stood on the podium wearing black socks without shoes and both wore an Olympic Project For Human Rights button such as the example being offered here. They also both wore a black scarf around the neck. As the American flags were raised in the stadium and the National Anthem was played, Smith and Carlos bowed their heads and each raised a gloved fist in the ‘Black Power’ salute.
An autographed official handbook of Great Britain’s Team at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, extensively signed to the interior by British competitors over their entry in the handbook, signatures including gold medallist swimmer David Wilkie and the men’s modern pentathlon team Fox, Nightingale & Parker, together with the rowing silver medallists Hart, Baillieu, Lester, Smallbone, and bronze medal winners Brendan Foster, Ian Banbury, Michael Bennett, Robin Croker, Ian Hallam & Brian Brinkley, other signatures including future Olympic champions Steve Ovett & Daley Thompson; sold together with enamelled metal Great Britain team badges for the 1976 Summer Games, the 1976 Winter Games and an England badge for the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton (4) The autographs in this lot were collected by the Team GB medical officer Dr Noel O’Brien.
Peter Elliott’s signed Great Britain tracksuit from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, the top signed in black marker pen and dedicated TO GRAHAM, BEST WISHES, the two piece track suit by Adidas, the top with embroidered Union Jack, Olympic Rings and inscribed GREAT BRITAIN, 1984, the reverse all inscribed GREAT BRITAIN Peter Elliott was selected for the 800m and qualified for the semi-finals but had to withdraw due to an injury. Four years later in Seoul Elliott won a silver medal in the 1500m.
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