France, Third Republic. U.S.O. Olympic Games Sport Medal 1911 Auction Archive tagline "The USS Hawkins

tagline "The USS Hawkins

with material fatigue evident through the jewelry and case

Friedrich Ritzenhoff

7 mm (w) x 62 mm (h) inclusive of its wreath and laterally-pierced ball suspension

France, Third Republic. U.S.O. Olympic Games Sport Medal 1911 Auction Archive tagline "The USS HawkinsIn bronze gilt, obverse illustrating a man running, a ribbon banner at the left framing his right foot and inscribed "FORCE COURAGE", crossed branches of oak leaves and laurel leaves at the right, with his left foot touching the junction of the branches, engraver marked with the forename "PAUL", the surname beginning with a "F" and the rest of the letters faint, reverse inscribed "U. S. O. JEUX OLYMPIQUES 1911" in the centrepiece, within an open ended