Participation medal awarded to Isabelle Daniels

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1956 Summer Olympics participation medal awarded to Isabelle Daniels. One side of the medal depicts a raised image of the Melbourne coat of arms. It contains a shield, the cross of St. George, and a Royal Crown. There are four quadrants on the shield depicting a hanging fleece, a bull, a spouting whale, and a ship. Above the shield there is a helmet with a kangaroo coming out of the top. There are leaf designs on either side of the shield. The five Olympic rings are intertwined with the coat of arms. There is text arched around the top which reads [OLYMPIC GAMES MELBOURNE / 1956]. There is a motto at the bottom of the shield, on a banner, which reads [VIRES ACQUIRIT EUNDO]. Numbers and letters are etched above the banner letters [RIT EU]. There is a thin border going around the medal.

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