Bronze Medal of Jzsef Platthy at the Olympic Game
Bronze. wooden frame with glass front with laurel wreath.
Laurel wreath in a wooden frame on red velvet.
Laurel wreath in a wooden frame on red velvet.
On its both sides the shape of a naked athlete amidst pillars. Behind the left contour of the athlete is repeated five times.
Its sign says:
XI. OLYMPIADE,
BERLIN
1936.
Inventory number of the object: HuT 92.11.1
József Platthy
(Karancskeszi, 17. December 1900 – 22. December 1990)
Olympic bronze medal winning show jumper, former Hussar colonel, riding instructor.
Between 1931 and 1941 he was the eight time Hungarian show jumping champion. He and his horse, Sellő, won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Berlin 1936. This is the only Olympic medal of Hungarian horse-riding. During his career he won several hundreds of national and 17 international competitions.