Artefacts

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

Physical description

Obverse: Coubertin's profile with the caption: "A Pierre de Coubertin / XXe anniversaire du rétablissement des / Olympiades / le Comité International Olympique", signed. Reverse: winged victory holding a laurel crown, Parthenon temple and church of the Invalides, list of the Olympic Games and congresses from 1894 to 1916, signed. Edge: "Argent".

Created

Created: Heinrich KAUTSCH

Featured

Visually represented: Pierre de COUBERTIN

Materials

silver

Colors

silver

Dimension

11.5 x 8.5 x 0.9 cm

Literature

null "Carnet du Congrès de Paris". In: Revue Olympique, Avril 1914, N° 100, pp. 61-64. 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

602

Keywords

Anniversary Olympic Congress 6th Olympic Congress, Paris 1914 1916 not celebrated, Olympic Games Athens Paris Laurel monument