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Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games – Official Olympic Torch and Torchbearer’s Memorabilia
An official Olympic torch from the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympic Games, featuring an aluminium shaft with gold-tone bands and a central wooden handle, accompanied by an original torchbearer’s T-shirt and shorts, two commemorative Olympic pins and an official participation diploma bearing printed signatures of Olympic Committee officials.
According to the original owner, the torch was carried by him during the Olympic Torch Relay in Greece, along the historic route from Lerna (modern-day Myloi, Argolis) towards Nafplio.
The diploma was issued by the Hellenic Olympic Committee and the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, Athens, 1996.