Prize Medal - Amateur Athletic Union Travers Island
Prize Medal - Amateur Athletic Union Travers Island
€1.00
Location
United
States
Year
1888
Type
Award medal
Composition
Bronze
Weight
41.05 g
Diameter
44.0 mm
Thickness
Shape
Round with a loop
Technique
Orientation
Edge
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description
Woman wearing toga, floating, facing left, handing a laurel wreath with stretched right hand and holding two wreaths around left arm. Rosette below.
Obverse lettering
AMATEUR
ATHLETIC UNION OF THE UNITED STATES MDCCCLXXXVIII.
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Laurel wreath with various sports items: talaria (winged sandals of Hermes) at the top, florette, oars, gloves, bycicle, baseball bat and ball, tennis racket.
Reverse lettering
CHAMPION
220 YDS. HURDLE
Travers Island
SEPT 13-1902
V . D . BRENNER FECIT R . STOLL MAKER N . Y .