1994 Lausanne : 1st Collectors’ Fair

Olympic Museum Lausanne logo

1994 Lausanne (Switzerland)

1st World Olympic Collectors Fair from 10/07 to 10/09/1994

1994 Lausanne fair, a rendezvous impossible to miss for all the enthusiastic Olympic collectors from all over the world, the unforgettable meetings in a marvelous site located on the top floor of the Olympic museum with a terrace with a spectacular view on the lake Leman. Events are organized such as the striking by the visitors themselves of a small dated medal with the logo of the Olympic museum.
It was at the initiative of Juan Antonio Samaranch, then current President of the IOC and collector himself, that the World Fairs were born.

Lausanne 1994 medallion olympic museum
medallion struck on the spot, museum logo recto, discobole verso

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