Japan, Empire. A 1964 Olympic Participation Medal Archive which Gardiner wrote

which Gardiner wrote

Constructed of a black rayon backer bearing a machine-embroidered

reverse illustrating LZ 126 in flight over Friedrichshafen and Lake Constance

otherwise remains in extremely fine condition

the reverse featuring the cypher of Ferdinand VII surrounded by an enameled blue ring

Japan, Empire. A 1964 Olympic Participation Medal Archive which Gardiner wroteInstituted 1964. Composed of copper with a dark green finish, the participation medal is round with the obverse presenting three stylized runners and one stylized swimmer with a laurel branch in the center, the reverse is engraved XIII OLYMPIAD TOKYO 1964 with the Olympic mark of five rings in the center, measures 61. 3mm in diameter, weighs 117. 9 grams, marked NAIGAI ART INC on rim, notable edge bruise on reverse at 8 oclock, small area of damage to