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Olympic Games/ Summer, 1924/ Paris/ Raoul Bénard (1881-1961) Round bronze participant medal. 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 Bénard, a native of Normandy, who may well have known the Baron, given his Norman roots. Edition 9500 copies. Diameter: 5.5 cm Weight 72 gr