Olympic Games/ Summer, 1956-60-64/ Melbourne-Rome-Tokyo/ Roo - Lot 117

Olympic Games/ Summer, 1956-60-64/ Melbourne-Rome-Tokyo/ Rooster. Set of 6 official coins around the French team and its enamelled rooster a) the two extremely rare roosters from the Melbourne and Rome Games, in both cases, the crowing rooster, proud leg resting on a ring base with the year of the Games and the venue, here Melbourne 1956, and Rome 1960 (brooch on back) (28mm); b) Tokyo, the rooster as a pin and keyring, both by L.R. Paris, the pin on the bottom cartouche reads "Tokyo 1964" (blue enamel), the keyring (rectangular silver) features a rooster perched on the rings on the obverse, and "Olympic Games, Tokyo 1964" on the reverse (65x27). Two cockerel pins are attached to the rings, one with a brooch (soldered on the back), the other in a pin version.