<p>Accession: 2000-158-42
Award, Medal, Olympic, Silver, Captain C.T. Osburn
3.01" H X 1.77 W
Silver
</p><p>Olympic medal from the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. This was the first Olympics where all five continents were represented, with a total of 265 competitors. The Olympics opened on May 5 1912 and closed on May 27 1912. The medal features a herald proclaiming the opening of the games with a statue of Ling founder of the Swedish medical gymnastic system.
Captain Osburn competed in three successive Olympic games and won a total of 11 Olympic medals. He won two silver medals at the 1912 games, 600m free rifle, and army rifle 300m 3 positions. The edge of the medal is engraved with , "C.T. Osburn, military rapid fire."
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Collection of Curator Branch, Naval History and Heritage Command.
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