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hockey medal question

  • 16-10-2020 9:56pm
    #1
    zimmermania
    Registered Users Posts: 4,682 ✭✭✭


    Would anyone know if irish senior hockey cup medals in the 1940s were solid gold.


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  • #2
    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,313 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    They would have a hallmark if they were. And for what it's worth, the last time the Olympics awarded solid gold medals was 1912. Since then, winners receive a silver medal coated with 6g of gold.


  • #3
    zimmermania
    Registered Users Posts: 4,682 ✭✭✭zimmermania


    coylemj wrote: »
    They would have a hallmark if they were. And for what it's worth, the last time the Olympics awarded solid gold medals was 1912. Since then, winners receive a silver medal coated with 6g of gold.

    Thanks,since i posted the query i have seen pics online of a 1938 medal with 9 carat gold hallmarks and a 1943 medal with siver hallmarks and a gold gilt finish,so it would appear that the gold medals stopped at some point between 1938 and '43.


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