Medal or Trophy for id!

Totally out of my comfort zone with this one :thinking:, bought a large tin of Medals and Coins from Carboot and am stumped as to this Medal or Trophy !!! Hallmarks !!! So would appreciate some help :wink:





Appears to be Swedish. Crowned head of King Eric for Stockholm. Three crowns is the national mark. S is silver (I believe the Swedish standard is .800). L8 is 1937 (which certainly matches the style).

Still looking around for S&Co, the maker…

ETA: Probably Sporrong & Co.

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Oh, and “100 M RYGGSIM” means “hundred meter backstroke.” The numbers below that would be 14-AUG (8)-1937. It all fits!

ETA: On the face, “Nordic International.”

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That’s Excellent Jeff :smiley:, looking at the online hallmarks graph it all makes sense. Thank you for your work explaining the marks, very much appreciated. Alan :wink:

The key to the online hunt was recognizing that the design looked very Scandinavian. Norway? Nope, nothing close. Next up, Sweden? Bingo! :slight_smile:

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Thank you Jeff, do you think it would be possible to find out where such a Medal would have been presented !!!, long shot I know but would think a medal of a Silver composition would have been won in a very significant competition !!! :thinking:. Cheers for the help :wink:

Almost certainly Stockholm - a Swedish medal for a Swedish competition. But I can’t find any information about the games. You’d probably have to do a pretty deep dive into the murky waters of the interwebs…

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Murky waters :flushed:, I get ya drift Jeff :rofl: