Ancient, British & World Coins, Commemorative Medals and Books

NETHERLANDS, Olympic Games, Amsterdam, 1928, a presentation medal by B. Mackennal and Pinches, two victorious athletes in quadriga, rev. wreath, named (Presented by the British Olympic Association to Baron George Marochetti, in Recognition of Services Rendered to the British Team at the IX Olympiade, Amsterdam 1928), 51mm. Good very fine, extremely rare £200-250

Baron George Marochetti, grandson of the Italian sculptor Charles Marochetti, who was a friend of Queen Victoria, renounced his title in July 1940 in protest against the actions of Mussolini. Marochetti, born in 1893, served with the 11th Hussars in World War I and later became an insurance broker in the city of London