Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics Press Participation Medal Press participation medal issued for the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 66 mm x 66 mm, 155 gm. The front features a Korean archer on horseback, with the Olympic rings below, inscribed, "XXIVth Olympiad, Seoul 1988"; the reverse depicts the Seoul Olympic Stadium and features raised facsimile signatures of Juan Antonio Samaranch, president of the IOC, and Park Seh-jik, president of the Seoul Olympic Organizing Committee, with the dates of the Games below, "1988.9.17-10.2." Includes its original navy blue velvet case.

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