Participation medal awarded to Isabelle Daniels
date: label: Date
content: 1956
name: label: Designed by
content: Andor Mészáros, Hungarian, 1900 - 1972
label: Distributed by
content: International Olympic Committee, Swiss, founded 1894
label: Received by
content: Isabelle Daniels, American, 1937 - 2017
notes: label: Description
content: 1956 Summer Olympics participation medal awarded to Isabelle Daniels. One side of the medal depicts a raised image of the Melbourne coat of arms. It contains a shield, the cross of St. George, and a Royal Crown. There are four quadrants on the shield depicting a hanging fleece, a bull, a spouting whale, and a ship. Above the shield there is a helmet with a kangaroo coming out of the top. There are leaf designs on either side of the shield. The five Olympic rings are intertwined with the coat of arms. There is text arched around the top which reads [OLYMPIC GAMES MELBOURNE / 1956]. There is a motto at the bottom of the shield, on a banner, which reads [VIRES ACQUIRIT EUNDO]. Numbers and letters are etched above the banner letters [RIT EU]. There is a thin border going around the medal.
label: Description
content: The other side of the medal depicts a figure holding a flag with the Olympic rings on it. There are several pairs of other figures going around the medal. The Olympic motto is going around the center of the medal. It reads [CITIUS ALTIUS FORTIUS]. On the bottom edge, near the proper left foot of the figure holding the flag, are letters and numbers embossed on the medal. There are some small dents and scratches in several areas on the medal.
place: label: Place depicted
content: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Olympics
label: Topic
content: Track and field
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, 1953-1961
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.96.7.1
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 1/2 × 1/8 in. (6.4 × 0.3 cm)