Scarce gold winner's medal awarded for shooting at the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics. Gilt silver, 64 mm, 156 gm, by the Korea Security Printing and Minting Corporation. The front features the traditional medal design by Giuseppe Cassioli of a ‘Seated Victory’ with the Colosseum in the background, and raised lettering, “XXIV Olympiad, Seoul, 1988”; the reverse features a sleek modern design by the Seoul Organizing Committee portraying a soaring dove of peace with a laurel branch in its beak, with the Seoul Olympic emblem above. The edge is inscribed with the name of the specific shooting event. Includes its original ultramarine, red, orange, and white ribbon, and its purple velvet presentation case. Exhibits some wear to the edge of the medal and minor staining to the ribbon. A highly desirable first-place prize from the first Olympiad to be held in South Korea.
