Olympic Games 1924. Gold winner medal Chamonix

Olympic Games 1924. Gold winner medal Chamonix
Original winner medal for 1st place (gold) at the I. Olympic Winter Games Chamonix 1924. By R.Bénard. Gilt silver (hallmarked "2Argent"; weight 76 grammes), 5.5 cm. This is the first gold medal for a Winter Olympics with the typical thin gilding for gold medals of the 1920s. Only 26 copies of the gold medal were issued. There were only 258 participants in the Chamonix Winter Olympics. Rare. Excellent. EF! Provenance: From the collection of the famous collector Manfred Bergmann/Lausanne. The medal was sold in October 2021. The buyer consigned this medal directly. --ATTENTION: Counterfeits of this medal have been offered on eBay for about three years!!! These are high-quality counterfeits that can hardly be distinguished from the original by the layperson. This medal is available on the corresponding eBay page in gold, silver and bronze for a mid-five-figure amount. However, there are some striking differences from the originals. The buyer of our original medal from 1924 offered here will receive information about how it differs from the counterfeits on the Internet! The buyer also receives a certificate of authenticity!