This silver medal was awarded to John Watts in the men’s 100 metres freestyle open swimming event at the Tel Aviv 1968 Paralympic Games in Israel. The medal shows the wheelchair wheels logo and the then motto of the movement: Friendship, Unity and Sportsmanship. 1968 was also the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel. The inscriptions are in Hebrew and English. Photogrammetry by Maddy.
Materials: Silver
Created through the Digital Explorations Project, a dynamic project, funded by the Rothschild Foundation, National Lottery Heritage Fund and National Paralympic Heritage Trust (NPHT) with support from Heart of Bucks. Groups of participants from local disability organisations have been trained in the use of a 3D scanner and photogrammetry. They have shared the skills that they have learnt with students from a SEND school to create a 3D virtual exhibition of items from the NPHT collection.
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