Artefacts

Golden Olympic Order posthumously awarded to Avery Brundage, former IOC President.

Physical description

Medal with openwork Olympic symbol and the words: "CIO" and "ordre olympique". White ribbon with five lines in the colors of the Olympic symbol. The whole is framed in a plastic frame. Below, the caption: "Avery Brundage / au / merite (sic) olympique / Comité International Olympique / Le Président" and the signature of President Lord Killanin.

Created

Created: Otl AICHER

Used

Used: Avery BRUNDAGE Used: Michael Morris KILLANIN

Materials

plastic, vermeil, textile

Colors

transparent, gold, multi coloured

Dimension

29.7 x 28.1 x 1 cm, 1024 g

Literature

Guide des distinctions décernées par le Comité International Olympique /Guide to Distinctions awarded by the International Olympic Committee. Lausanne : CIO, 1998. null "Facelift for the Olympic Order". In: Olympic Review, May 1982, N° 175, pp. 299-300.

Type of item

Medals -> decoration

Reference number

231421

Keywords

IOC Distinction IOC honorary president United States of America Olympic Order Olympic symbol signed