1956 Olympic Games Melbourne 63 mm bronze Participants Medal in original capsule

Participants medal issued for the Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics

Obv: athletes marching in pairs following a Single figure bearing a banner with the Olympic device of rings and the motto of the International Olympic

Rev: the Coat of Arms of the City of Melbourne surmounted by the five rings and bearing the inscription ‘Olympic Games Melbourne 1956’.

63mm

Bronze, the die for medal was struck by London-based Pinches and was minted in Melbourne by Kg Luke Ltd.