Olympic Committee Metal from the 1920 Antwerp Olympics
Olympic Committee Metal from the 1920 Antwerp Olympics
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- Description (Brief)
- Bronze medal attached to an red, white, and blue ribbon. Long metal bar with "COMMITTEE" written on it is attached to the top of the ribbon. This is also the pin. Metal has bust of athlete and the words, "On Behalf of the City of New York to the Victorious American Athletes on Their Return from the Olympic Games at Antwerp, Belgium 1920.
- This John F. Hylan medal was to honor the Olympic athletes returning from the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. This belonged to the donor's father Benjamin Levine. Levine was a participant in the development of amateur sports competition from 1902 as a boy of 13 when he went to work for James Sullivan, President of the Amateur Athletic Union until his retirement from the A.A.U. in 1968. Levine's primary contribution was to Amateur boxing, which he first promoted prior to 1920. He staged the first Golden Gloves and was the Assistant Manager of the U.S. Boxing teams at the 1924 and 1928 Olympic Games and an international jurist in boxing at the Olympics in 1932.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- medal, olympic
- Date made
- 1920
- user
- Levine, Ben
- maker
- Dieges & Clust
- place made
- United States: New York
- Physical Description
- bronze (overall material)
- fabric (overall material)
- blue (overall color)
- red (overall color)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 4.445 cm x 9.525 cm
- ID Number
- 1991.0049.01
- catalog number
- 1991.0049.01
- accession number
- 1991.0049
- Credit Line
- Bertram Levine
- subject
- Sports
- Boxing
- Amateur
- Olympics
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- Cultural and Community Life: Sport and Leisure
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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