A 1908 London Olympic Games participation medal in the rarely seen original presentation paper box, awarded to the British lawn tennis player Kenneth
Hammer:
£3,600
Estimate:
£1,000 - £1,500
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A 1908 London Olympic Games participation medal in the rarely seen original presentation paper box, awarded to the British lawn tennis player Kenneth Powell, designed by Bertram Mackennal with a winged figure of fame blowing a trumpet on a globe between a legend, the reverse with a victorious athlete riding in a quadriga, in white metal, the rim inscribed K.POWELL, LAWN TENNIS Kenneth Powell partnered Walter Crawley in the men's doubles. They were beaten in the quarter-finals by their British compatriots and eventual gold medal winners George Hillyard and Reginald Doherty.