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Official participant medal for the XVI Olympic Summer Games…

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MELBOURNE 1956. Official participant medal for the XVI Olympic Summer Games. In bronze by A. Meszaros. Diameter 63 mm.

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MELBOURNE 1956. Official participant medal for the XVI Olympic Summer Games. In bronze by A. Meszaros. Diameter 63 mm.

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