Athlete’s badge issued to Hungarian fencer Tamás Mendelényi at the Rome 1960 Summer Olympics, 38 mm x 48 mm, 25 gm, featuring a bronze-colored bezel with an inset medallion depicting Romulus and Remus with the Capitoline Wolf, and Olympic rings below. The enameled panel at the bottom is yellow—indicating that it is a foil/fencing competitor's badge—and features gold lettering, "Atleta." There were 668 of these particular event badges issued for the Games.
Mendelényi (1936–1999) won a gold medal in the team sabre event, ousting Poland 9-7 in the finals. Also included are two original photos of Mendelényi, an English-language “Olympic Guide-Book” to the 1960 Summer Games, and a small Olympic rings pin topped with a golden kangaroo, ostensibly dating to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
