Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2014
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/25/2014
Russia skated away with Olympic gold in Men’s Ice Hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics held at the Palias des Sports in Grenoble, France. This tournament also counted as IIHF World Championship and IIHF European Championship and the IIHF awarded winning teams and players with Championship medals in addition to the medals presented by the Olympic committee. Offered is a gold IIHF medal, as given to each member of the Russian squad for their Olympian effort in 1968. A classic design of a goaltender minding his net graces the obverse of this gold-toned medal and this is ringed by the words Championnat du Monde, World Championships with 1968 engraved onto a plate below. The reverse shows the IIHF logo with International Ice Hockey Federation in English and French. This one comes from the collection of Hockey Hall-of-Famer Fred Page, who served as the Vice President of the IIHF from 1969 to 1972. The medal is in near-mint condition, measures 60mm across and comes complete with its white two-piece cardboard presentation box from the maker, something seldom seen when we find these medals.
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