CNG 100, Lot: 1186. Estimate $1000. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

VIII Olympic Winter Games, Squaw Valley. 1960. AV Participation Medal (32mm, 33.16 g, 12h). Issued to Giordano Bruno Fabjan, Head of the Italian Delegation. Female figures standing vis-à-vis, one passing the Olympic flame to the other; palm frond between / COMITATO OLYMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO, Olympic rings; star above; below, GIORDANO BRUNO FABJAN/CAPO MISSIONE/SQUAW VALLEY/1960 in four lines; in exergue, 750 and hallmark. Superb EF, matte finish.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A Adams. Ex O’Neil 57 (6 September 2008), lot 472.