Artefacts

Winner's medal of Marquard SCHWARZ (USA) for the dual swimm meet between the University of Pennsylvania and M.A.C, 50 yd swim

Physical description

Gold filled medal with hook. Obverse: The contour of the medal is decorated wit a oak leaf -crown with, in the bottom, a knot. In the middle, letter "M" in a rhombus (originally red). Caption: "50 YARDS SWIM". Reverse: Caption: "DUAL SWIMMING MEET ; UNIV. OF PENN. VS M.A.C ; WON BY / MARQUARD SCHWARZ".

Materials

gold, silver

Colors

black, white, red, gold

Dimension

4 x 3.5 cm, 17 g