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Official Olympic Games Commemorative Medallion [graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Item

Date:

1976.

Type of material:

Objects (including medals and pins)

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2843186

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Official Olympic Games Commemorative Medallion
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Date(s):

1976.

Place:

Switzerland:

Place of creation:

Switzerland

Extent:

1 medal : copper alloy ; 058.00 gr
Support 50.200 x mm

Language of material:

no language

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Montréal Olympic Organizing Committee Collection [object]

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Official medal of the Organizing Committee of the XXI Olympiad, Montréal, 1976.

The medal is contained in a red case. On the outside lid of the case is the emblem of the XXI Olympiad, while the bottom of the case contains the copyright information. On the inside lid of the case, information regarding the medal itself is listed as "Medaille Officialle/Des Jeux Olympiques/1976/Official/1976/Olympic Games/Medallion." Included in the case is the medal's "Certificate of Authenticity," No. 015494.

Depicted on the obverse side of the medal is a bird's eye view of a modern architectural structure (possibly Olympic Stadium, Montréal).

The reverse side of the medal notes that it is representative of the XXIe Olympiade Montréal, 1976. Depicted is a view of a harbour with a ship and a background of buildings with towers and steeples. Above the buildings is the emblem of the XXI Olympiad. The name of the manufacturer of the medal is listed at the bottom of the medal as "Huguenin Switzerland."
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Artist: Unknown artist, ca. 1877-1954

Artist: Huguenin Medailleurs SA, Le Locle
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Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: obverse: XXIE OLYMPIADE MONTREAL 1976 obverse: HUGUENIN SWITZERLAND; container; MEDAILLE OFFICIELLE / DES JEUX OLYMPIQUES / 1976 / OFFICIAL / 1976 OLYMPIC GAMES / MEDALLION (Complete transcription)
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Sports

commemoration

cityscape architecture

Buildings
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Private

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1977-020 MED

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00001M
1977-020 X PIC
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[Consultation90 Open]
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Medals

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5807 Item no. assigned by LAC 1M

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1977-20-1M

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