HORNREICH COLLECTION of U.S. & World Medal Plaques
R. Hajek
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
Bohemia & Moravia 1865 (Dated 1947) |
| Design Description: |
Bz Plaquette Jindrich Fugner |
| Item Description: |
Bronze 1865 (Dated 1947) Founder of Sokol 1862 Bohemia Bz Plaquette Jindrich Fugner |
| Full Grade: |
MS 62 |
| Owner: |
Spencer Collection |
Owner Comments:
Medal, Plaquette, 1822-1865, 1947, Bronze, Bohemia (Czech-Prague). JINDRICH FUGNER Portrait Plaque, by R. Hajek, signed and dated 1947. Uniface. Obv. Portrait right, name and date around circle. Fugner was the co-founder of the Czech sport organization SOKOL, he was the leader or first starosta of the organization. Size: 65mm x 52mm. Weight: 90 Grams. History of sports in the Czech lands. Sokol: Organized sport emerged when on February 16, 1862, the Prague Sokol (Sokol means a falcon) was formed. The leading figures were Miroslav Tyrš and Jindøich Fügner. Sokol is one of the oldest organizations of this type in the world. Sokol was also characterized by deeply patriotic and democratic ideas. For this reason, its activities were stopped during the First World War, during the period of Nazi occupation and then later after 1948, when it was swallowed up by “unified physical education.” Purchased in Budapest, Hungary.