Bronze medal awarded to Isabelle Daniels for the 4x100 meters relay
date: label: Date
content: 1956
name: label: Distributed by
content: International Olympic Committee, Swiss, founded 1894
label: Used by
content: Isabelle Daniels, American, 1937 - 2017
label: Designed by
content: Giuseppe Cassioli, Italian, 1865 - 1942
label: Created by
content: K.G. Luke, Australian, 1937 - 1974
notes: label: Description
content: Bronze medal awarded to Isabelle Daniels for the 4x100 meters relay in the 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics.
label: Description
content: One side of the medal depicts a raised image of the goddess of victory holding a winner’s crown above her head in one hand and a bundle of palms in the other. There are leaves in the foreground and a bridge in the background. Raised text above the bridge reads [XVITH / OLYMPIAD / MELBOURNE / 1956]. The other side of the medal depicts a raised image of a male Olympic champion being lifted in the air, in a crowd of other male figures. The champion’s proper right arm is raised, and his proper left arm is behind him, holding palms. The Olympic stadium is in the background. There are some small dents and scratches in several areas on the medal.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Oceania
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Olympics
label: Topic
content: Track and field
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
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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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.96.4.1
objectType: label: Type
content: medals
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © International Olympic Committee
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: copper and zinc
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter: 2 × 1/8 in. (5.1 × 0.3 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (acc. box): 3/4 × 3 × 3 in. (1.9 × 7.6 × 7.6 cm)