A Voyage with the Australasia Olympic Team, Stockholm 1912
1912 Stockholm, v Summer Olympics: 1912 Australian & New Zealand Olympic Teams: (in 1912 Australia & New Zealand combined as Australasia, sending 24 athletes & 4 officials, and bringing back 2 gold, 2 silver & 2 bronze medals). Book titled 'A voyage with the Mails, Australia - great Britain' (London, 1911), with Autographs page containing 41 signatures, including 19 members of the 1912 Olympic Team - gold medal 4 x 200m Swim Team - Les Boardman, Cecil Healy, William Longworth & Harold Hardwick; athletes - Claude Ross, George Hill, Stuart Poulter & William Murray; sculler Cecil McVilly; Eights crew - John Ryrie, Simon Fraser, Thomas Parker, Henry Hauenstein, Sidney Middleton, Harry Ross-Boden, Roger Fitzhardinge (stroke) & Robert Waley (cox); managers Vicary Horniman & A. Hill. Also tucked in the book are two plates of the RMS 'Osterley'. Couple minor tone spots, though extremely rare
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- Bronze - An alloy of copper and tin, traditionally in the proportions of about 9 parts of copper to 1 part of tin.
The discovery of bronze in Western Asia in the 4th century enabled people to create metal objects which were superior to those previoulsy possible because of its strength and hardness, and it has been used throughout the world for weapons, coins, tools, statuary and other decorative items.
It is very fluid in a molten state, and its hardness, strength when set, and non-corrosive properties makes it most suitable for casting sculpture.
This item has been included into following indexes:
- Olympic Games memorabilia
- Olympic Games memorabilia, by city
