1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics Commemorative Medal owned by Carl Lewis
date: label: Date
content: 1996
name: label: Distributed by
content: Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, American, 1991 - 1997
label: Owned by
content: Carl Lewis, American, born 1961
label: Designed by
content: Malcolm Grear Designers, American, founded 1960
label: Manufactured by
content: Reed & Barton, American, founded 1824
notes: label: Description
content: Gold-colored commemorative medal for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. The obverse and reverse feature images and words in relief. The obverse features the official emblem of the 1996 Summer Games, a torch composed of the number [100] blow the Olympic rings, on which sit a stylized flame that turns into stars. Around the upper edge of the medal are the words [GAMES OF THE XXVI OLYMPIAD]. Across the bottom of the medal are the words [Atlanta 1996]. The reverse of the medal features the official quilted leaves theme from the 1996 Summer Games, in which oblong leaves are engraved or in relief inside various alternating engraved or in relief squares. At the top of the medal's edge is the word [CENTENNIAL] and at the bottom edge are the words [OLYMPIC GAMES].
place: label: Place depicted
content: Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Olympics
label: Topic
content: Sports
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 Carl Lewis Estate
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2013.126.22
objectType: label: Type
content: commemoratives
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: metal
label: Dimensions
content: 2 3/8 x 1/8 in. (6 x 0.3 cm)