Sim och Idrottsklubben Hellas medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

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Sim och Idrottsklubben Hellas (Sim and Sports Club Greece) medal awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1934. The medal consists of a light green ribbon with two (2) white stripes, a safety pin stitched to the back, and a bar looped through the bottom of the ribbon attached to a medal. The circular, silver colored medal is held in place with a jump ring through the bezel. The obverse of the medal has a band of relief text running around the top edge that reads [SIM o. IDROTTSKLUBBEN·HELLAS]. At the center is a relief depiction of a young man wearing a loincloth, standing on the shore of a body of water. The man is depicted with his arms crossed over his chest and his proper right foot held slightly forward. Printed on the rock, by the man’s proper left foot, is relief text that reads [OTTING].

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