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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 446

(x) An extremely rare Olympic Gold Winner's Medal from the famous 1936 Berlin Games

International Olympic Committee, 1936 Summer Berlin Olympic Games, Gold Winner's Medal, 55mm, silver-gilt ('990'), by B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim, engraving by Giuseppi Cassioli, the obverse bearing seated Victory within the Colosseum, inscribed 'XI. Olympiad, Berlin, 1936', the reverse depicting the victor being carried by his comrades, the base with maker's and silver marks, much of the original gilding remaining, good very fine and of the greatest rarity, in NGC Holder (Cert. #6295596-001)

The 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics remain as perhaps the most famous and controversial Games ever held. Running from 1-16 August, some 3,963 participants shared in 129 events in 25 disciplines, comprising 19 sports.

Examples of results for similar Gold Medals in Auction include:

- Unattributed Gold Medal, $45,000, RR Auctions, July 2022.
- German rower Gustav Schafer's Gold Medal, $22,500, RR Auctions, July 2022.
- American basketball player Bill Wheatley, $44,400, Heritage, February 2022.
- Two of the four Gold Medals of Jesse Owens have sold for $615,000 and $1,466,574 respectively.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£9,500

Starting price
£8500

Sale 23001 Notices
'Graded NGC MS61'