Artefacts

Small silver commemorative cup featuring Paavo Nurmi.

Physical description

Little silver cup with running athlete, legend: "Paavo Nurmi". Date and silversmith identified thanks to the hallmarks.

Created

Created: Kultakeskus OY

Featured

Visually represented: Paavo NURMI

Materials

silver

Colors

silver

Dimension

ø 10.2 x 1 cm, 42 g

Literature

Conner, Floyd. Les jeux olympiques : 600 victoires incroyables, records insolites, hasards étranges, destins inimaginables, coups tordus, sports improbables, loosers magnifiques et autres bizarreries.... Le Rheu : La Maison d'Edition, 2010. 217. ISBN 978–236–026–0027. YTTERGREN, Leif. "J. Sigfrid Edstrom and the Nurmi Affair of 1932: The Struggle of the Amateur Fundamentalists Against Professionalism in the Olympic Movement". In: Journal of Olympic HistorY, November 2007, Vol. 15, N° 3, pp. 21-31.

Type of item

Souvenirs -> small dish

Reference number

115840

Keywords

Athlete Finland Athletics running