Blue cardboard containing a gold medal. Obverse: Robert Mathias throwing a discus in the decathlon event. Caption: "LONDON {-} 1948". Signed: JS. Reverse: Olympic symbol over laurel wreath. Caption: "Seventeen{-}year{-}old / Bob Mathias was the / youngest competitor / ever to win the / Olympic decathlon".

gold, cardboard

blue, white, gold

9.5 x 15.25 x 0.3 cm, ø 3.9 cm, 30 g