Scarce winner's medal issued for heavyweight boxing at the London 1908 Olympics. Silver, 33.5 mm, 19 gm, designed by Bertram Mackennel; manufactured by Vaughton & Sons, England. The front, inscribed, "Olympic Games, London 1908," features a victorious athlete being crowned with a laurel wreath by two seated females; the reverse depicts St. George, the patron saint of England, slaying a dragon as a goddess looks on. The edge is engraved with the name of the event, "Second Prize, Heavy-Weight Boxing." A loop has been added to the top, and the medal is housed in a non-original Vaughton case. Great Britain dominated the boxing competitions held in London, winning all but one of the fifteen awarded boxing medals. British boxer Sidney Evans won the heavyweight silver. A highly desirable winner's prize from a popular event.
