Winner's medal issued for Greco-Roman wrestling at the Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 60 mm, 87 gm, originally designed by Giuseppe Cassioli. The front is inscribed, "XIX Olimpiada Mexico 1968," and features a 'Seated Victory' with the Colosseum in the background; the reverse depicts a victorious athlete with palm branch being carried by several jubilant athletes. A small plaque attached to the top of the medal bears a wrestling pictogram, with the reverse engraved: "Greco Romana Peso Welter." Retains the original burgundy ribbon, which is split at the seam and frayed in several locations. The medal itself exhibits tarnishing, rubbing wear, and some surface pitting. Mexico City winner’s medals with their original pictogram plaque are quite uncommon—we have offered only one other bronze example. Hungarian wrestler Károly Bajkó took the third-place prize in the Greco-Roman event.
