Talk:Gold medal
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[edit]I've omitted reference to "Jewish King" because it's too vague and I can't find any evidence for it.
This article starts off trying to distinguish gold medals as being for "non-military" achievement. As far as the U.S. goes, this hasn't always been true. Certainly for the late 18th and first half of the 19th centuries, gold and silver medals were often awarded to commanders and their officers for a significant military or naval victory. After cleaning up the vandalism on my comment, I decided to reward the vandals by adding some information in the main article on the original military origins of gold medals. The introductory paragraph to the article could also use some work to better work in the origins of these "non-military" awards.Jmdeur (talk) 14:22, 1 January 2010 (UTC)
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[edit]Photographs of olympic medals would be a nice addition to this page.
Are Olympic medals actually made out of their respective metal materials?
[edit]Are Olypmic medals actually made out of pure gold, silver, and bronze?
The medals in the 2008 Olympics are also inset with jade. 99.130.6.138 (talk) 15:33, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
--NO they aren't gold. Not since 1912. No reason given. There needs to be more information on the change to Silver.--69.151.62.74 (talk) 21:11, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
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