Extremely desirable winner's medal issued for the Melbourne 1956 Summer Olympics. Bronze, 51 mm, 64 gm, by Giuseppe Cassioli; manufactured by K. G. Luke. The front, inscribed, "XVIth Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956," features a 'Seated Victory' with the Colosseum in the background; the reverse portrays a winner with palm branch being carried by jubilant athletes. Includes the original white plastic case by K. G. Luke/Casecraft, and a winner's diploma issued to Viktor Tchoukarine for his third-place finish in "Gymnastics - Pommelled Horse." This prize medal design had been adopted from the Amsterdam 1928 Summer Games, with the only alteration for 1956 being a change in wording to reflect the year and location. A scarce and highly attractive third place medal from the first Olympiad to be staged in the Southern Hemisphere.