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Uncommon winner's medal for the Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 55 mm, 76 gm, by Giuseppi Cassioli. The front, inscribed, “XI. Olympiad, Berlin, 1936,” features a ‘Seated Victory’ with the Colosseum in the background; the reverse portrays a winner carried by several jubilant athletes. The bottom edge is stamped, "B. H. Mayer, Pforzheim." Complete with its scarce hinged presentation case, gilt-stamped on the lid with an emblem of the 1936 Berlin Olympic Bell. With just 320 bronze prizes struck for the '36 Games, this is a scarce, desirable example.
Originates from the collection of Rodolfo Choperena, a member of the third-place Mexican men's basketball team. Basketball made its debut as an Olympic event at the Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics, with 21 nations competing in the tournament. The games were played outdoors using repurposed lawn and dirt tennis courts, leading to issues with dribbling and low-scoring matches in adverse weather: in the final, the United States beat Canada by a score of 19-8. In the bronze medal match, Mexico beat Poland 26-12.
The Olympic medals were awarded by James Naismith, the inventor of basketball. The United States won its first gold medal; Canada and Mexico won silver and bronze—their only medals in basketball. A fantastic piece representing the Olympic debut of a globally popular sport.
