Group lot of five items presented to longtime IOC member James Worrall, all of which are related to the Olympic Shield of Athletic Sports that was designed and sculpted by Dr. Robert Tait McKenzie and completed in 1932. The lot includes: a pair of bronze commemorative medals for the “Canadian Olympic Association,” both 63 mm, with matching designs to the front and back of the Olympic Shield and the COA emblem, one weighing 124 gm and the other 145 gm, both made by the Medallic Art Co.; a bronze commemorative medal honoring McKenzie, with the front bearing his likeness in profile and the reverse showing the Olympic Shield, 63 mm, 110 gm, made by the Medallic Art Co.; a COA medal award presented to Worral, similar to the bronze pair listed above and mounted on a 3- inch metal base that’s engraved: “Presented to J. Worrall by the Canadian Olympic Association, Past President’s Night, April 19, 1978”; and a heavy bronze-tone 18-inch hanging metal wall plaque of the Olympic Shield of Athletic Sports. All medals include their original boxes. Accompanied by a bronze-tone commemorative medal for the California Bicentennial.
From the estate of James Worrall.
