Medal, Prize
Object number2007.47.4 a,b
Date1972
MediumLeather; various metals; plastic
Credit LineGift of the Fowkes Family
DescriptionMedallion with red leather case.
Brass medallion, embossed on both sides. One side: Olympic rings; text in German; circular design made up of small rectangular blocks. Second side: figure with bow in shooting stance, Olympic rings above figure; sport engraved beside and below image in English, French, and German.
Red leather case with plastic encasement for medallion. Gold snap. White painted label on front flap. Inside bottom, opened flap, white painted label: in German.Dimensions(a) Width/Length--1.1875(b) Closed: Length--2.25 ... Width--3
Opened: Length--6.3125
Encasement: Length--1.5 ... Width--1.5625
Inscriptions(a)
Embossed on one side: Olympic rings; in German, "Spiele der XX Olympiade / Munchen 1972"
Embossed on other side: Olympic rings above figure; word "Archery" engraved beside and below image in English, French, and German.
(b)
White painted label on front flap: "MHM"--M's are encircled; H is outlined.
Marks(b)
Inside bottom, opened flap, white painted label: in German "MUNZEN UND MEDAILLEN M. HOROWICZ & CO. / 8 MUNCHEN 2 BAYERSTRASSE 33".
Historical NotesMedallion from the XX Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, presented to C.R. Fowkes. Since 1920, Bud Fowkes was a resident of Verona; he graduated from Penn Hills High School in 1939. After service in WWII took him to Alaska, he returned to Western Pennsylvania in 1945 and went to work at Gulf Research as a master mechanic. Because a field artillery blast had damaged his hearing in 1944 and firing guns became painful for him, Fowkes, a hunter, took up archery in 1947. He competed in archery tournaments during the 1960s, but soon turned his interests to coaching, and designing and repairing bows. Fowkes coached numerous archers and archery teams both in the national and international circuit. He was selected to be the U.S. Olympic archery coach for the Munich games of 1972, where members of his team won the gold medal in both the men's and women's bracket. As his reputation grew, Fowkes was invited by nations around the world to coach and teach their archery teams. Fowkes died in December of 2006.
Previous owner
Clarence R. Fowkes
(died 2006)
Related institution
Penn Hills High School
Related institution
Gulf Research and Development Company
Related institution
Gulf Oil Corporation
(1907 - 1984)
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