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Originally Posted by brian1961
I don't say this often but if there was an item that needed to be in a museum it's that Owens medal.
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I'll second that.
My thanks to the gentleman who thoughtfully posted his photo of Jesse Owens's Olympic gold medal. That was very, very moving. --Brian[/QUOTE]
Brian, I am the one who posted it and I have to tell you I am generally pretty jaded when it comes to sports memorabilia but this item just blew me away. What amazed me more is that the SCP employee took it out of the display case for myself and another person to see up close, take a nice picture and even touch history. I have found myself pondering the history of this item alone, above and beyond everything else I saw at the show this weekend. I agree with your words.....very moving.
Here is a little more information I found on this particular medal:
http://www.auctionreport.com/scp-auc...es-gold-medal/