Yugoslavia, Socialist Federal Republic. A 1984 Sarajevo XIV Winter Olympic Games Participant's Medal

Item #EU19298

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$135

(XIV. zimske olimpijske igre / XIV Зимске олимпијске игре). In coppered bronze, weighing 120 grams, stylized "Sarajevo 84" insignia and 1984 Winter Olympics insignia on the obverse, maker marked with an "M" on the reverse, measuring 60 mm (w) x 66 mm (h), spotting evident on the obverse, light contact, better than very fine.

 

Footnote: The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Sarajevo '84, was a winter multi-sport event held between February 8 and 19, 1984 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia. It was the first Winter Olympic Games held in a socialist state and in a Slavic language-speaking country. It was the second consecutive Olympic Games to be held in a socialist state and in a Slavic language-speaking country, after the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was also the first Olympics to take place in the Balkans since the first Olympic Games in Athens.