1959 Helsinki World Games Silver Medal, Men's 400M Hurdles won by Dick Howard
date: label: Date
content: 1959
name: label: Received by
content: Dick Howard, American, 1935 - 1967
label: Issued by
content: Helsingin Kisa-Veikot, Finnish, founded 1909
notes: label: Description
content: A silver medal for the Men's 400M Hurdles event at the 1959 Helsinki World Games awarded to Dick Howard. The medal has a geometric design in relief on the front. The design is left of center and is a vertically oriented triangle shape. A small sphere is flush with the geometric shape about two fifths from the top. There is raised text in Finnish on the right edge starting at the base and extending toward the top. On the reverse there is Finnish text etched in the center of the medal.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Helsinki, Finland, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Sports
label: Topic
content: Track and field
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Awards, Medals, and Insignia
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Howard Family
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2012.140.7a
objectType: label: Type
content: medals
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silver
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3 x 1/8 in. (7.6 x 0.3 cm)