A London 1908 Olympic Games bronze prize medal awarded to the British heavyweight boxer Frederick Parks, bronze, designed by Bertram MacKennal, the ob
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A London 1908 Olympic Games bronze prize medal awarded to the British heavyweight boxer Frederick Parks, bronze, designed by Bertram MacKennal, the obverse with two young women crowning a victorious athlete with a laurel wreath, the reverse with St. George, patron Saint of England, slaying the dragon, the edge inscribed THIRD PRIZE, HEAVY WEIGHT BOXING, in original fitted case stamped gilt OLYMPIC GAMES, THIRD PRIZE, HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING, LONDON, 1908; sold together with a brooch from Parks Collection with a 1908 dated coin & portrait of King Edward VII (2) Frederick Mostyn Parks (1885-1945) won the bronze medal in the heavyweight division of the London 1908 Olympic Games. Parks lost his semi-final to fellow British boxer Sydney Evans. Frederick's older brother Frank was also a successful amateur boxer whose career included fights in America. Both brothers were fellow member of the Polytechnic Boxing Club.