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Winner Medals

GENERAL DATA OLYMPIC WINNER MEDALS 1906
1st Place:	Gold Medal	Material:	Gilt Silver
		Weight	63 gr
2nd Place:	Silver Medal	Material:	Silver
		Weight	63 gr
3rd Place:	Bronze Medal	Material:	Bronze
		Weight	58 gr
Diameter:	50 mm	Design by:	Jules Chaplaint
		Mint:	Parise Mint
Thickness:	2 mm	Ribbon:	None
Obverse:	Laureated head of Zeus facing holding winged Wictory with laurel branch on globe.
Reverse:	View of Acropolis and Parthenon between Olympic legend.

olympic games winner medal 1906 athens team medal

First place winning team members received a silver Medal,
a bronze medal was presented to the second place winners.

Winner Medal for Teams !

Diameter: 31 mm

Weight: 18 gr

Obverse:
Seatet Victory, from ancient stater of Hilias, over panel inscribed "Olympia" in Greek, palm branch below.

Reverse: 6-line Greek legend.

Participation Medal

GENERAL DATA OLYMPIC PARTICIPATION MEDALS 1906
Available in 3 different versions
Material:	Gilt Bronze	Weight:	58 gr
Material:	Silvered Bronze	Weight:	58 gr
Material:	Bronze	Weight:	58 gr
Diameter:	50 mm	Design by:	Lytras
Thickness:	mm	Mint:	W. Pittner, Austria
Obverse:	Female holding wreath over phoenix rising from flames.
Reverse:	Legend in open wreath.

1906 olympic games participation medal 22

1906 olympic games participation medal 21

1906 olympic games participation medal 32

1906 olympic games participation medal 31

Participant`s Medal by Greek Organising Committee 1906

General Data Participant`s Medal by Greek Organising Committee 1906
Measure:	24 x 27 mm	Design by:
Weight:	18 gr	Mint:
Thickness:		Participants:	841
Obverse:	Ancient Greek coin of Cos. 460 BC
Reverse:	4-line Greek legend

Diploma

diploma 1906 olympic games athens image: © Multnomah Athletic Club in Portland, Oregon

Diploma from Herbert W. Kerrigan, USA
3rd place in High Jump

Description:	At the top is the Parthenon with the Greek flag, phoenix rising above. Winged victory at right extending an olive branch. Hellas seated at left, relief of the ancient Olympic Games in center.
Size:	60 x 48 cm
Design by:	Nikolaos Gyzis; *01.03.1842 +04.01.1901
Signed by:	Crown Prince Constantine and General Secretary Thimoleon Philimon

Badges

Participant

Size: 36 mm

IOC

Size: 32 mm

Special Awards like cups, statues and trophies

After the 1906 Olympic Games the winners got there winners medals
and an olive wreath for the first three in each event. In additional to the
winner medals a lot of special awards where handed over. But unfortunately
that kind of awards are not completely documented. The folllowing awards
are known and specified:

Kind of Award	Donator	Recipient
Silver Inkwell	Princess Sophia of Greece	Winner law tennis Max Decugis
Copper Cup	Princess Sophia of Greece	Third place in tennis mixed double, Aspasia Matsa and Xeonophon Kasdaglis
Marble statue, Goddes Athene work of the Greek sculptor G. Vroutos	Municipal council of Athen	Winner Marathon race, William Sherring, Canada
Two Hermes statues	Chamber of Trade, Athen	Winner in Rope Climbing Georgios Aliprantis and Nikolaos Aliprantis
Trophy	Organising Committee
Porcelain vase	Education Secretary France
Large silver cup	Brothers Mouratis, Greeks from Great Britain
Different prizes manufactured in Gold and Silver	P & K Brothers Botasi
Statue Hermes and Statue Aphrodite	N. Kanellopoulos
Bronzecopy from a wolf from the Capitol in Rome	Lordmajor of Rome, Italy
Copy of the Honved monument in Budapest	Hungary	Greek Team
Copy in copper from a ancient discus thrower	Victor Balck	Greek gymnastic clubs
Cup		Winner discus throwing Greek style, Werner Järvinnen, Finland
Large silver badge		Winner discus throwing free style Martin Sheridan, USA
Together about 50 spezial awards

Silver Inkwell, donator was Princess Sophia of Greece
for Max Decugis, winner in law tennis
photo: private collection

Detail: silver Inkwell
photo: private collection

Copper Cup
Third place in tennis mixed double,
Aspasia Matsa and Xeonophon Kasdaglis
photo: Book "100 years Lawn Tennis Club Athens , 1895 - 1995"

Nikolaos Aliprantis (right) and Georgios Aliprantis (left)
with different spezial awards on the table
Photo: Book "Olympische Siege, Sportverlag Berlin"

Cup from Georgios Demetriades (1878 - 1941) source: Official Report 1906 from Savvadis, page 133	Throphy of Hermes carrying the world presented to the gold medal winner in rope climbing Georgios Aliprantis photo: Ingrid O`Neil, www.ioneil.com
Paul Harry Pilgrim (USA) winner 400m and 800 m with cups and laurel wreaths	Silver Plaque won by Martin J. Sheridan for throwing the disucus (free style, 1. place)
Special thanks to Stratos Klimou for his support: http://www.olympicgr.com/
Postage Stamps
14 special stamps were published 1906 There are no postage stamps from other countries! First Day: 25. March 1906 Engraver: Perkins, Bacon & Co.
Tickets
Numbers of visitors: about 300.000	Panathenean Stadium 11,8 x 8,4 cm
Vignettes
There are 7 Vignettes known Example: