LOS ANGELES, CA.- Nate D. Sanders Auctions will offer a rare 1924 Olympic Gold medal. The auction takes place May 28, 2026.

Nate D. Sanders Auctions will offer one of the most historically significant Olympic artifacts to come to market in years: an original gold winner's medal from the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics — the VIII Olympiad — in an auction taking place May 28, 2026.

The 1924 Paris Games hold a singular place in Olympic history. They were the first to officially feature the iconic five-ring Olympic symbol, designed by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, on competition medals — making every medal from those Games a milestone artifact in the story of the modern Olympics. The 1924 Games also gave rise to the Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius ("Faster, Higher, Stronger") and were immortalized in the Academy Award-winning film Chariots of Fire.

Designed by sculptor André Rivaud, the medal's obverse depicts a victorious athlete extending a hand to help a fallen competitor — a timeless image of sportsmanship that set the standard for Olympic medal design for decades to come. The five Olympic rings appear prominently beneath this scene. The reverse features a relief of sports equipment alongside a harp, a nod to the Cultural Olympiad that ran alongside the athletic competition.

The medal measures 55 mm in diameter and 3 mm across the rim, weighing 77 grams. It is made of gold-plated gilt silver, bearing the "2ARGENT" stamp on the rim as originally specified — authentication confirmed by the medal's own minting designation. With only 304 originally produced, these medals are among the rarest and most coveted pieces of Olympic history in existence. This example is in near fine condition.