Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction June 2015
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/17/2015
Czech star Karel Straka took home the best goaltender award following the 1957 IIHF World Championships held in Moscow, Russia. The heavily-favored Russians skated away with gold while Sweden took silver and the bronze went to Czechoslovakia. Politics played a part as Canada and the USA did not attend in protest to Russia’s military occupation of Hungary in 1956. Offered is a bronze IIHF medal, as given to each member of the Czech squad for their effort. A classic design of a goaltender minding his net graces the obverse of this bronze-toned medal and this is ringed by the words Championnat du Monde, World Championships with 1957 engraved onto a plate below. The reverse shows the IIHF logo with International Ice Hockey Federation in English and French. The medal is in near-mint condition and measures 60mm across. These older styles are very difficult to obtain.
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