Artefacts

Barcelona 1992, winner's medal, silver, presented to a German foil fencer.

Physical description

The medal is openwork at its top to insert the ribbon. Medal with ribbon in Olympic colors. Obverse: medallion with representation of a woman, allegory of Glory, holding a laurel wreath in her right hand and a palm branch in her left hand. She is seated at the level of a horizontal frieze. To her left and under her are laurel branches. Caption: "XXV / OLIMPIADA / BARCELONA / 1992". Olympic symbol under the caption. To the left of the allegory, above the frieze, we find the manufacturer's mark (an M surmounted by a crown) as well as the engraver's initials "XC". Reverse: emblem of the Games.

Materials

silver, textile

Colors

silver, multi coloured

Dimension

ø 7 x 0.95 cm, 51 cm, 272 g avec ruban