1959 Helsinki World Games Silver Medal, Men's 400M Hurdles won by Dick Howard

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A silver medal for the Men's 400M Hurdles event at the 1959 Helsinki World Games awarded to Dick Howard. The medal has a geometric design in relief on the front. The design is left of center and is a vertically oriented triangle shape. A small sphere is flush with the geometric shape about two fifths from the top. There is raised text in Finnish on the right edge starting at the base and extending toward the top. On the reverse there is Finnish text etched in the center of the medal.

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