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Lot 1680    SESSION 8 (2.30PM WEDNESDAY 30TH MARCH)    World Historical Medals

Estimate $80
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $240

CHINA, Shanghai, (YMCA), prize medal in silver (31x33.5mm), hallmarked by Chinese maker, ring top suspension, obverse, winged YMCA logo with plaque above featuring a swimmer about to dive into water, reverse inscribed, 'II Prize/Diving/21-8-30/May Thompson'; Annual Schools Athletic Meet, Shanghai, 1931, 2nd Place medal in bronze (38x46mm), with ribbon suspension bracket at top, reverse inscribed, 'Relay Race/May Thompson'. Very fine. (2)

The YMCA was established in Shanghai in 1900 and carried out various activities mostly related to young people including lectures, art exhibitions and sporting activities and also provided accommodation to missionaries.

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