Lot 31010 – 1988 Calgary official torch with bowl in steel and

1988 Calgary official torch with bowl in steel and maple wood carved handle depicting various winter games sports down the shaft, 60 cm tall, very fine and very rare with only 100 thought to have been made. Note: The shape of the torch was designed as a replica of the Calgary Tower. It featured the inscriptions XV Olympic Winter Games Calgary Alberta Canada 1988 and the Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius (faster, higher, stronger). The Games emblem and the 10 sports pictograms were laser engraved on the handle. The flame was lit in Olympia, Greece on November 15, 1987 and carried 18000 km by approximately 7000 runners