Official ‘I.O.C. President’ badge for the Tokyo 1964 Summer Olympics, which is attributed to the collection of Avery Brundage, the longtime president of the International Olympic Committee. Gold-plated, 51 mm x 63 mm, 64 gm, with the two off-white ribbons measuring 83 mm in length. Bordered by bands in the colors of the Olympic rings, the badge features the rising sun of the Japanese national flag above a green bar with Olympic rings and a white enamel bar identified as “I.O.C. President.” Accompanied by its original white leather presentation box, which bears scattered light foxing.
Brundage (1887-1975) was an American sports administrator who served as the fifth president of the International Olympic Committee from 1952 to 1972. The only American and only non-European to attain that position, Brundage is remembered as a zealous advocate of amateurism and for his involvement with the 1936 and 1972 Summer Olympics, both held in Germany.
