University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival medal awarded to Eulace Peacock

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University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival silver medal for the One Quarter Mile College Relay Championship of America event awarded to Eulace Peacock in 1936. The medal consists of a silver toned bar pin holding a red and blue striped ribbon. The pin has a “C” clasp closure on the back and a bar that holds the ribbon. The ribbon is looped over the bar and stitched into place with thread. Attached to the bottom of the ribbon is a round, silver colored medal held in place with a jump ring threaded through the bezel at the top of the medal. On the obverse of the medal is a relief depiction Benjamin Franklin in profile, seated in his library chair on a dais, facing a line of four (4) nude, male runners. Franklin is wearing an 18th century frock coat and cravat.

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