Second Republic of Poland, set of memorabilia of Polish Amsterdam Olympian, cyclist Jozef Stefanski, including two gold awards.
1: card of the Amateur Sports Club 26 in Warsaw, size 11 x 14.5cm,
2: token of the Voivodship Champion. 1929, silver gilded dim. 39 x 27mm, silver, weight 10.46g,
3: gold award token, 1st prize, Polish Championship 1930, dim. 28 x 24mm, gold, weight 12.37g, Warsaw gold sample 3 (583), and maker's signature SR (Stefan Reising)
4: gold award token, 1st prize, Polish Championship 1931, size 28 x 29, gold, weight 13.63g
5: postcard format photograph, possibly family photo of our Olympian
Condition of preservation very good. Rarity. Museum value, exclusive set, with gold awards.
The price of the bullion alone, two gold tokens from the auction is more than 5500 pln.
Józef Stefański (born February 7, 1908 in Goliany, died December 21, 1997 in Warsaw) - Polish road cyclist, winner of the Tour de Pologne. Amsterdam Olympian.
Sports career:
At the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, he took 54th place in the road race, and was 13th in the team classification. He won the Second Tour de Pologne, the Tour of Poland, in 1929. He was also a four-time champion of Poland in the road race (consecutively in 1928. 1929, 1930 and 1931).
In 1929, in addition to the Tour de Pologne, he won the races Krakow-Lviv and Warsaw-Brest.
He died on December 21, 1997 in Warsaw and was buried in the Evangelical Augsburg Cemetery in Warsaw.
