GREECE - 1896, OLYMPIC GAMES - BRONZE PARTICIPATION MEDAL
Bronze participation medal from the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896.
Obv. Victory seated holding laurel wreath and eagle below. The Acropolis is on top in the background. ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΙ ΑΓΩΝΕΣ 776 π.χ.- 1896 and below ΑΘΗΝΑΙ.
Rev.. Within the laurel wreath, the following inscription.
* ΔΙΕΘΝΕΙΣ ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΙ ΑΓΩΝΕΣ ΑΘΗΝΗΣΙ 1896.
Bronze medal. Engraver Nikiforos Lytras. Issued by W. PITTNER WIEN. 50mm, 58.59gr. AU
