Olympic Gold Medal

Awarded to Christopher Alan Boardman for winning the 6m class yacht race in "Lalage" at Kiel. Obverse: In high relief, Victory seated (left) holding a laurel wreath in her upraised right hand, a palm branch cradled in her left arm, an urn (L) and part of an amphitheatre with inscription above (R). "XI.OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936". Reverse: A crowd of semi-naked men, one with a palm branch carried on the shoulders of two others, the remainder running. A colonnade in the background. Mounted in a glazed case with other Olympic commemoratives.

Object Details

ID: MED2305
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Prize medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: B. H. Mayer
Events: Olympic Games, 1936
Vessels: Lalage
Date made: 1936
People: Boardman, Christopher Alan
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 55 mm