Two scarce winner’s medals from events at the Paris 1900 Olympics:
A silvered bronze winner's medal for physical exercise and sports, 42 mm x 60 mm, 57 gm, by Frederic Vernon, Paris. The front, inscribed "Republique Francaise, Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900," features a winged goddess scattering laurels over the grounds of the Exposition, and the reverse identifies the sport as "Exercices Physiques et Sports," and depicts a victorious athlete upon a podium. Stamped "Bronze" on the edge.
A bronze winner’s medal issued for a high school and college shooting competition hosted alongside the Paris 1900 Olympics, 42 mm x 60 mm, 59 gm, by Frederic Vernon, Paris. The front, inscribed “Republique Francaise, Exposition Universelle, Paris 1900,” features a winged goddess scattering laurels over the grounds of the Exposition, and the reverse identifies the sport as shooting, “IXme Championnat de Tir des Lycées et Collèges [9th High School and College Shooting Championship]” and depicts a victorious athlete upon a podium with a stadium and the Acropolis in the background. Stamped “Bronze” on an edge.
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