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Genuine winner's medal of the …
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Olympic Games/ Summer, 1948/ London/ Reiff/ Genuine winner's medal of the Belgian Gaston Reiff, Olympic champion in the 5000m, in a case bearing The Olympic Games London, 1948, 8 x 2 x 8.2 cm (from John Pinches, medalist, Ltd London). The vermeil winner's medal: obverse, XIV Olympiad, London, 1948, the goddess brandishes the winner's crown, reverse: the winner is carried in triumph. Engraver GC (Giuseppe Cassoli), diam: 5.1 cm smooth edge. Attached is his participant's medal and the Belgian national crest, Le lion d'or, with the rings he wore on his jersey.

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Olympic Games/ Summer, 1948/ London/ Reiff/ Genuine winner's medal of the Belgian Gaston Reiff, Olympic champion in the 5000m, in a case bearing The Olympic Games London, 1948, 8 x 2 x 8.2 cm (from John Pinches, medalist, Ltd London). The vermeil winner's medal: obverse, XIV Olympiad, London, 1948, the goddess brandishes the winner's crown, reverse: the winner is carried in triumph. Engraver GC (Giuseppe Cassoli), diam: 5.1 cm smooth edge. Attached is his participant's medal and the Belgian national crest, Le lion d'or, with the rings he wore on his jersey.

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