BEACON OF HOPE: THE LUZ LONG COLLECTION
Tue, May 10, 2022 08:00PM EDT - Sun, Oct 16, 2022 03:06AM EDT
Timed Auction
Lot 15
1938 European Athletics Championships (Paris) Participation Medal and Third Place Winner's Medal for Long Jump Awarded to Luz Long
Sold for
$600
Sold Price includes BP
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At the 1938 European Men’s Athletics Championships held on September 3-5, 1938 in Paris, France, Luz Long from Germany took third place in the Men’s Long Jump with a leap of 7.56 meters. He was awarded this third place winner’s medal for his efforts. He also received a participation medal/badge with a screw-in clasp and a lovely red and blue enamel design. The winner’s medal, made with a loop at the top, has Luz’s event and place engraved on the front. Here are the details.
Third Place Winner’s Medal
Minter: Paris Mint
Designer: F. Fraisse
Obverse: Raised relief image of triumphant athlete on podium holding two laurel branches with other track & field athletes in the background competing on the continent of Europe on earth’s globe.
Reverse: “CHAMPIONNATS D’ EUROPE D’ ATHLÉTISME” (European Athletics Championships); “PARIS 3.4 et 5 SEPTIEMBRE 1938”; “SAUT EN LONGUEUR 3eme” (Long Jump 3rd) ; “IAAF” (International Association of Athletics Federations) and “FFA” (French Athletics Federation).
Composition: Silver alloy
Diameter: 32 mm
Thickness: 2-3 mm
Weight: 16 g
Participation Medal/Badge
Minter: Paris Mint
Designer: F. Fraisse
Obverse: “CHAMPIONNATS D’ EUROPE D’ ATHLÉTISME”; raised relief image of a hurdler with other track & field athletes and the continent of Europe in the background; “PARIS 1938”; “IAAF”; colorful enameled Paris Coat of Arms; and “FFA”.
Reverse: screw-in clasp
Composition: Silver alloy
Diameter: 27 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight: 10 g
Included with this lot is a letter of provenance from Luz Long's family.
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