Exceptionally rare winner’s medal issued for the St. Moritz 1928 Winter Olympics. Bronze, 50 mm, 62 gm, by Arnold Hunerwadel. The appealing front depicts a figure skater surrounded by snowflakes; the reverse reads, “Il Jeux Olympiques d’Hiver, St. Moritz, 1928,” with Olympic rings at the top and laurel branches on either side. The Olympics at St. Moritz were just the second Winter Games held, with only 495 athletes participating. This was one of about 25 bronze medals issued at the 1928 Winter Games and one of only 80 total winner’s medals that were presented during the entire proceedings.
