Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Second Central American and Caribbean Games, Havana, 1930, cloth blazer badges (2), red at top inset with the linked Olympic rings, blue and white stripes below, each inscribed on the back in ink ‘Bebito Shmit Olympiadas 1930 Equipo de Natacion’, both 103 x 88mm [2]. Never worn and in excellent condition £100-150

Provenance: Bt C. Plante May 2003.

Leonel ‘Bebito’ Smith (1909-2000), Cuban swimmer and winner of three gold medals and one silver medal at the Second Central American and Caribbean Games and winner of three gold medals at the first Games held in Mexico in 1926. An accident forced him to retire from competitive swimming in 1930, however he continued to be a swimming coach