Helsinki 1952 Olympic Torch

The 1952 Helsinki Summer Olympic Games Torch. The torch is in the IOC, Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland. \ Mandatory Credit: IOC, Olympic Museum /Allsport (Credit: Getty Images)

A conical shape, on the bottom part of the burner, the torch carries the inscription "XV Olympia Helsinki 1952" and on the rings underneath "Helsinki Helsingfors". As a decoration, in the middle of the surface of the burner, on one side a laurel crown and on the other the Olympic rings. The handle is in lacquered wood.

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