Souvenir Pin from Melbourne Olympic Games, Victoria, Australia, 1956

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Item NU 21074 Souvenir Pin - Melbourne Olympic Games, Victoria, Australia, 1956

Summary

Melbourne Olympic Games Souvenir Pin, made in 1956.

Physical Description

Olympic rings enamelled blue, yellow, black, green and red over boomarang inscribed 1956

Obverse Description

Olympic rings enamelled blue, yellow, black, green and red over boomarang inscribed 1956

More Information

Collection Names

1956 Melbourne Olympic Games Collection
Collecting Areas

Leisure, Public Life & Institutions
Acquisition Information

Donation from Mr Trevor Plumridge, (Estate of) Mr Clifford H. Nowell - Nowell Collection, by 1986
Date Issued

1956 AD
Place & Date Issued

Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1956
Inscriptions

(edge) Olympic rings enamelled blue, yellow, black, green and red over boomarang inscribed 1956 (obverse) (reverse)
Series

Olympic Games
Material

Gilt
Classification

Sport, Olympic games - melbourne 1956, Souvenirs
Category

History & Technology
Discipline

Numismatics
Type of item

Object
Dimensions

40 mm (Width), 24 mm (Height)
40 * 24
Exhibition Collection Management

7 mm (Length), 40 mm (Width), 22 mm (Height)
Shape

Irregular
Keywords

Badges, Olympic Games: Melbourne, 1956

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Item NU 21074 Souvenir Pin - Melbourne Olympic Games, Victoria, Australia, 1956

Summary

Physical Description

Obverse Description

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Collecting Areas

Acquisition Information

Date Issued

Place & Date Issued

Inscriptions

Series

Material

Classification

Category

Discipline

Type of item

Dimensions

Exhibition Collection Management

Shape

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