British and World Historical Medals

Equestrian Olympic Games, Stockholm, 1956, a uniface gilt metal and green enamel official’s badge by J. Sjösvärd for Lagerströms Mjölby, classical Greek horseman left, Olympic rings below, 37 x 28mm. Extremely fine, rare £600-700

Because of quarantine restrictions imposed on the admittance of animals into Australia, horses were not able to go to Melbourne for the 1956 Olympics and the equestrian competitions were held in Stockholm. John Sjösvärd (1890-1958) designed the medal and the better known poster, both of which utilised a horseman inspired by one of the sculptures in the Parthenon