2023 FALL PREMIER AUCTION
Wed, Nov 15, 2023 09:00PM EST - Sun, Dec 3, 2023 09:51AM EST
Timed Auction
Lot 571
1936 Berlin Summer Olympic Games 3rd Place Winner's Bronze Medal
Sold for
$3,866.40
Sold Price includes BP
Bid Increments
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| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $30,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $25,000 |
| $500,000 | $50,000 |
| $1,000,000 | $100,000 |
| $1,500,000 | $150,000 |
Presented here is a third place winner's bronze medal from the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics, which will be forever remembered as the Games where Jesse Owens stole Hitler's thunder on the notorious dictator's home turf. A total of 320 bronze medals were struck (same number of golds and silvers) by minter B.H. Mayer, each made of pure bronze with a diameter of 55 mm and a thickness of 3-4 mm.
Designed by Giuseppe Cassioli, the obverse features Nike, Goddess of Victory, seated above a stadium holding the winner's crown and palm branch with the German legend "XI. OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936" in raised lettering. The reverse shows a winner carried by jubilant athletes. This example weighs 78 grams and has been preserved amazingly well. Images do not do it justice. Its seemingly dark tone overshadows remarkably defined relief and high-point details. There is literally no tarnishing and the surface is exceptionally smooth and clean. Although the recipient and event are unknown (no 1936 winner's medals provided this info), the medal survives as an important historical artifact from an extremely tense Olympics during the rise of the Third Reich and Nazi Germany.
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