100 Golden Olympians Medal awarded to Carl Lewis

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A gold-toned medal with attached ribbon. The obverse of the medal features the letters [U S A] above central image of the five interlocking Olympic rings above the word [XEROX]. The background of the medal is textured and a laurel leaf design appears in relief curving around the edges of the medal. The reverse has the same textured background and laurel leaves. In the middle appears a rectangular box housing the Xerox logo and the words [100 GOLDEN OLYMPIANS]. Below this box are two shiny rectangular banners with [CARL LEWIS] etched into the top one and [ATHLETICS] etched into the lower one. Below this the date [JULY 18, 1996] appears. The medal is attached to a blue, white, and red striped ribbon.

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