Artefacts

Saint Moritz 1948, winner's medal, silver, awarded to Vico RIGASSI (SUI), sport journalist.

Physical description

Obverse: right hand holding a lit torch with, in the background, the Olympic symbol with six snow crystals. At the top, caption: "CITIUS ALTIUS FORTIUS". To the left of the hand is the name of the manufacturer "HUGUENIN" with two hallmarks: (1) "0925" and (2) the hallmark of the manufacturer "HF". To the right of the hand we find the initials "PD" of the artist. Reverse: crystal of snow surmounting the caption: "Vmes JEUX / OLYMPIQUES / D'HIVER / St-MORITZ 1948" to which was added later, the following engraved caption: "V. RIGASSI / COMITÉ D’ORGANISATION". Name of the manufacturer "Huguenin" at the base of the medal.

Materials

silver

Colors

silver

Dimension

ø 6 x 0.7 cm, 102 g