Japan, Empire. A 1964 Olympic Participation Medal visually-hidden most likely of French manufacture

most likely of French manufacture

Evelyn Smith Osborn

but with contact marks

the Master of Skirmish Warfare

47 mm (w) x 38

Japan, Empire. A 1964 Olympic Participation Medal visually-hidden most likely of French manufactureInstituted 1964. Composed of copper with a dark green finish, the participation medal is round with the obverse presenting three stylized runners and one stylized swimmer with a laurel branch in the center, the reverse is engraved XIII OLYMPIAD TOKYO 1964 with the Olympic mark of five rings in the center, measures 61. 3mm in diameter, weighs 117. 9 grams, marked NAIGAI ART INC on rim, notable edge bruise on reverse at 8 oclock, small area of damage to