Olympic Games/ Summer, 1924/ Paris/ Raoul Bénard... Lot 62

Olympic Games/ Summer, 1924/ Paris/ Raoul Bénard (1881-1961) Bronze participant's medal. The ideal way to get a close-up view of the much-talked-about 1924 Games: obverse: crowned athlete, reverse: view of Paris and Notre Dame, where the Games began with a mass celebrated in the presence of Baron de Coubertin on July 5. Mention: VIII Olympiad, Paris, 1924. By Raoul Bernard, a native of Normandy, whom the baron may have known, given his Norman roots. Edition 9500 copies. With box. Diameter : 5.5 cm Weight 72g.