Olympic Competitor badge and case from Tokyo 1964 belonging to Marilyn White

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A 1964 Tokyo Olympic Competitor badge and case. The competitor badge (2017.56.9a) has a metal sun on a square that is gold in color. Below the sun, a green bar has gold colored type that reads: [TOKYO 1964]. The Olympic rings are in between the text. Below the green bar, two orange strips of ribbon is attached to the gold square. A blue bar runs across the orange ribbons and reads: [COMPETITOR]. The orange ribbon continues below the blue bar and ends at a crisscross at the bottom. The back of the badge has a pin and clasp at the top. There is Japanese writing etched on the back of the square. The case (2017.56.9b) is white with a gold design. The front of the case has a gold circle at the top, followed by gold Olympic rings. Below the rings there is gold lettering that reads: [Tokyo 1964].

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