Artefacts

Paris 1914, plaque for the 20th anniversary of the Olympic Games with a tribute to Pierre de Coubertin.

Physical description

Obverse: profile portrait of Coubertin, caption: "A Pierre de Coubertin / XXe anniversaire du rétablissement des / Olympiades / le Comité International Olympique", signed. Reverse: winged Victory holding a laurel branch with the Parthenon in Athens in the background and the Sorbonne in Paris at the bottom, caption: "Paris 1894 / Athènes 1896 / Le Havre 1897 / Paris 1900 / St Louis 1904 / Bruxelles 1905 Paris 1906 / Londres 1908 / Stockholm 1912 / Lausanne 1913 / Paris 1914 / Berlin / 1916".

Created

Created: Heinrich KAUTSCH

Featured

Visually represented: Pierre de COUBERTIN

Materials

silver

Colors

silver

Dimension

5 x 7 x 0.5 cm, 0.5 cm, 125 g

Literature

DRIEGA, Alexander William. "The Commemoratives of Pierre de Coubertin. Renovator of the Modern Olympic Games". In: Journal of Olympic History, July 2007, Vol. 15, N° 2, pp. 60-67.

Type of item

Medals -> commemorative medal

Reference number

54919

Keywords

Anniversary portrait 1st Olympic Congress, Paris 1894 2nd Olympic Congress, Le Havre 1897 3rd Olympic Congress, Brussels 1905 4th Olympic Congress, Paris 1906 5th Olympic Congress, Lausanne 1913 6th Olympic Congress, Paris 1914 Athens 1896, Olympic Games Paris 1900, Olympic Games London 1908, Olympic Games Stockholm 1912, Olympic Games 1916 not celebrated, Olympic Games Athens Paris victory Laurel monument