Desirable athlete's badge issued for the Rome 1960 Summer Olympics, 38 mm x 48 mm, 24 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 blue—indicating that it is a canoeing/rowing competitor's badge—and features gold lettering, "Atleta." There were 668 of these particular event badges issued for the Games.
