Gymnastics / Patronnages / Lyon / La Salle School / 1900 Gam - Lot 141

Gymnastics / Patronnages / Lyon / La Salle School / 1900 Games Silver plated medal from the 1900 International Gymnastics Competition, organized by the Patronnages et Œuvres de Jeunesse, the union founded by Dr. Paul Michaux (later the FSCF) to educate young people in the Christian spirit, held in conjunction with the 1900 World’s Fair and the 1900 Olympic Games Design featuring gymnastics apparatus on the obverse (rings, trapeze, pommel horse, etc.) Diameter: 4.2 cm; Weight: 31 g Also included are four medals highlighting the role of the Catholic Church and the Paris School Funds in the growth of team sports: Small bronze medal from the School Fund of Paris’s 11th arrondissement awarded to Jean Pelfrêne in 1924, obverse signed Pillet / Bronze medal from the Association of Former Students of the Brothers (Lyon)—École de la Salle, for a gymnastics competition, awarded to Jean Bouzon on July 4, 1897. Designed by PENIN / Bronze medal from the 1904 International Competition of the Fédération Gymnastique et Sportive des Patronages de France; another medal of the same design with no inscription

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