Olympic Games in medals and insignia (deluxe edition in a box)

The book is based on a collection of medals, signs, Olympic diplomas and symbols from several foreign and domestic collections. The selection presented in the book is the rarest not only in Russia, but also in the world, the collection of more than 200 award Olympic medals of all the degrees of dignity and memorable medals of all the Olympiads, starting from the first modern summer games in the 1896 Athens and the 1924 winter games in Shamoni. Each medal is given its detailed description, including the mass-gaparit characteristics and the metal from which they are made. Images of award medals are harmoniously complemented by the registered diplomas of the winners of the Olympic competitions.
In addition to award medals, a collection of special awards (medals of the International Olympic Committee) issued by the leaders of the International Olympic Movement for outstanding merits to the sports community is shown an unknown to the wide audience.
In a separate section of the book, more than 500 official signs of athletes - participants in the competitions and employees of the Olympic services of each of the past Olympiads are collected, and this is given that the number of services involved in the organization and maintenance of the game was steadily growing with an increase in the number of participants games and sports disciplines.
A special place in the published work is occupied by a selection of more than 2,000 signs of teams of the countries participating in the Games and signs of the NOC (National Olympic Committee of the participating countries) On their example, you can trace the history of the development of the Olympic movement both in individual countries and on entire continents.
The text of the book is compiled in Russian and English.
2nd edition, supplemented