Amateur Athletic Union medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

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Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) silver medal for the Run Broad Jump event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1934. The medal consists of a silver colored pin holding a red, white, and blue ribbon attached to a silver medal. The pin is rectangular shaped with a “C” clasp closure on the back as well as another pin below that holds the ribbon. Below the pin is a red, white, and blue ribbon. It is looped through the back bottom pin and held in place with thread. Attached to the bottom of the ribbon is a round, silver colored medal held in place with a jump ring. The obverse of the medal is edged with two concentric circles. In the center of the medal is a relief depiction of a Greek goddess standing in three quarters profile with her proper right knee resting on a round shield decorated with an eight (8) ray sun motif.

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