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Olympic Gold Medal
Awarded to Christopher Alan Boardman for winning the 6m class yacht race in "Lalage" at Kiel. Obverse: In high relief, Victory seated (left) holding a laurel wreath in her upraised right hand, a palm branch cradled in her left arm, an urn (L) and part of an amphitheatre with inscription above (R). "XI.OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936". Reverse: A crowd of semi-naked men, one with a palm branch carried on the shoulders of two others, the remainder running. A colonnade in the background. Mounted in a glazed case with other Olympic commemoratives.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2305 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Prize medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | B. H. Mayer |
| Events: | Olympic Games, 1936 |
| Vessels: | Lalage |
| Date made: | 1936 |
| People: | Boardman, Christopher Alan |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | 55 mm |
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