ITALY. Participation Gold Plaque, 1972. Olympic Series, Winter Games. ALMOST UNCIRCULATED.

29.84 gms. 35x32mm. Issued to Giordano Bruno Fabjan, the leader of the Italian delegation for the 1972 Winter Olympics (XI) in Sapporo, Japan. Obverse: Multicolored enameled Olympic rings with blue star above, five line inscription below; Reverse: Five line engraved inscription, "750" and hallmark in bottom right corner. An attractive, well preserved Olympic keepsake with very minor forms of handling as one might expect.