Artefacts

Paris 2024, discus awarded to President Thomas Bach by the Truce Foundation.

Physical description

Wooden disc with iron rim. Side A: medallion in the centre with the Olympic Truce emblem, inscriptions: ‘Building A Peaceful And Better World Through The Olympic Ideal’; ‘Get inspired by the / Olympic Truce’. Side B: medallion in the centre with the inscriptions: ‘The Olympic Truce Is For Safe Passage And Participation Of All At The Games’; ‘The Olympic Truce calls for peace to, from, and during the Games; Pledged in 776 BC and inscribed on a sacred discus, it is history's oldest accord and the UN's most supported decision’.

Materials

wood, metal

Colors

brown

Dimension

ø 21 x 4.3 cm, 1.615 kg