Artefacts

Tignes-Albertville 1992, participation medal.

Physical description

Obverse: Paralympic Games logo consisting of a bird with bruised wings flying over a mountain, caption: "Ves JEUX PARALYMPIQUES D'HIVER". Artist's name under the bird "FOLON". The hallmarks of the artist and manufacturer are on the lower left-hand side of the mountain. Reverse: Alpy, the Albertville Paralympic mascot, shown 3 times, skiing downhill with the logo of the Paralympic movement, caption (Braille and French): "TIGNES-ALBERTVILLE 1992". Hallmark of the artist with the mention "D'ap THURIA". Edge: hallmark of the Monnaie de Paris (cornucopia) with the mention "BRONZE".

Materials

bronze

Colors

bronze

Dimension

ø 6.3 x 0.5 cm, 133 g