Artefacts

Stockholm 1912, official badge for the members of the Swedish Olympic Committee.

Physical description

Badge with blue rosette. Bare-headed Pallas Athena surrounded by olive branches and the 3 Swedisch crownes. Caption: "OLYMPISKA SPELEN / STOCKHOLM / 1·9-1·2". Blue and yellow ribbon.

Created

Created: Sporrong Created: Erik LINDBERG (31.12.1873)

Materials

bronze, textile

Colors

yellow, blue, silver

Dimension

11.6 x 5.6 x 0.8 cm, 7 g

Literature

Témoins d'une certaine image des Jeux / Evoking an Image of the Games. Lausanne : Musée Olympique, 2003. 148 p. ISBN 92-9160-074-1. GADOURY, Victor, Médailles et Monnaies Olympiques, Monaco : Editions Victor Gadoury, 1996. 555 p. ISBN 2-906602-10-8. Swedish Olympic Committee. The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm : Wahlström & Widstrand, 1913.

Type of item

Badges -> fonction badge

Reference number

116731

Keywords

Stockholm 1912, Olympic Games emblem