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Scarce winner's medal issued to Hungarian gymnast Zsuzsa Nagy at the Munich 1972 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 66 mm, 132 gm (184 gm with chain), designed by Gerhard Marcks and manufactured by the Bavarian Mint. The front is inscribed, “XX. Olympiade Munchen 1972,” and depicts the 'Seated Victory' with the Colosseum in the background; the reverse portrays the mythological twins Castor and Pollux, the patrons of competitive sport and friendship, with the artist's monogram below. The edge is engraved with the sport and athlete’s name: “Turnen Mannschaftskampf Frauen [Gymnastics Team Competition Women]” and “Nagy Zsuzsa.” Complete with its original plastic presentation case, which bears slight wear and rubbing.
This was the first winner's medal since 1928 to feature a new design on the reverse, replacing the traditional depiction of a victorious athlete carried by a jubilant crowd, and the first medal to bear a chain instead of a ribbon, which was deemed to be too easily soiled or wrinkled. Zsuzsa Nagy was one of six Hungarian women’s gymnastics team members to earn a bronze medal in the Team all-around at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, completing the victory podium alongside East Germany (silver) and the Soviet Union (gold).
