HISTORIC 1ST solid Gold sports medal 1904/U Pa track DIECES&CLUST/Sen Hanna

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historic:
NOTE: STAMPED
DIECES & CLUST.WHO  MFG THE 1904 OLYMPIC MEDALS IN USA..AND THEY WERE KNOWN TO BE 14k
THE OLYMPIC MEDALS OF 1904 ARE BEING SOLD FOR 15,OOO,+IN AUCTIONS NOW!!
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FIRST
intercollegiate event --(-included relay
race) that was
sponsered
by Spanish War Veterans  ATHLETIC Ass'n   with u.s. Sen.Marcus Hanna of N.Y ,,WHO DIED BEFORE THE RACE,,MEDALS ALREADY INSCRIBED.
donating the trophy and first and second medals,...
announced
1-30- 1904. THE RACE WAS SET FOR 3-5-1904- A 1- MILE..5 RUNNERS -2Laps each.
2  -(
First
year solid gold used in sports medals. and only done through 1908 including Olympics.)
3- relay medals INSCRIBED "presented by Sen Hanna'' but Sen Hanna
DIED 2-15-04
.before the
race occurred... of typhoid, ORIGINAL MEDALS WITH  THE HANNA INSCRIPTION
WERE
USED.
4-
FIRST
PLACE MEDAL ..MARKED SOLID GOLD.. IS 14 GM..1 1/4" WON BY UN OF  PENN TEAM.. .
THIS EVENT WAS SUPPORTED BY ALL KINDS OF POLITICIANS AND INFLUENC-ERS, WHO DONATED AND
MADE PRESENTATIONS
TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL RACES/ AWARDS., SEN HENRY CABOT LODGE..  .WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST..GEN ROB'T SHAW,,ASS'T SEC OF WAR// HON GEORGE MCCLELLAN.. HON.PH. MCCARREN.. SEN ALGER/ Admiral Dewey/ COL ASTOR...SENATOR THOMAS PLATT..AND ..
PROB
BEFORE HIS SUDDEN DEATH. The
event  WAS PUBLICIZED BY THE ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL.IN 1904
... UNIVERSITY OF PENN INTERCOLLEGIATE TEAM WON FIRST PLACE,  THE RACE WAS one mile with 5 players running 2 laps each.  THIS MEDAL BELONGED TO HARRY A HYMAN  WHO WAS TEAM CAPTAIN IN 1904( OUR FATHER IN LAW) WHO...HAD GONE ON TO WIN AN ENGLISH GOLD MEDAL.in 1904. THE UNIV OF PENN ALSO HAD THE
FIRST
AFRICAN AMERICAN RUNNER ON THEIR VARSITY TEAM IN 1904.(J B TAYLOR JR.)AND PROBABLY THE
FIRST
JEWISH RUNNER.(HA HYMAN).ANOTHER SAD NOTE..RUNNER TAYLOR DIED OF TYPHOID PNEUMONIA IN 1908 AFTER A FAB CAREER..including an Olympic medal.,
A BEAUTIFUL AND HISTORIC MEDAL. this event HAD THE ONLY SOLID GOLD MEDALS  INSCRIBED RE: SEN. HANNA..THE SECOND PLACE WAS STERLING..AND THE TEAM AWARD WAS A CUP.