Olympic Games Rome - 1960

Official 1960 Rome Summer Olympic Games torch, with base perspet. Constructed of bronzed aluminium, measuring 40 cm (15.5") in length, weights 580 gr without base, about 1600 pieces in total. Mnufactured by the Curtisa firm of Bologna. Designed by Amedeo Maiuri, a renowned Italian archaeologist famous for his studies of the Roman site of Pompeii. Inspired by the designs and patterns of the host city's ancient ruins and monuments, the torch is grooved with slender conical fluting along its candlestick frame, features consistent with the classical touch of the 1960 Games. The torch platform features the engraving "Giochi della XVII Olimpiade" and maker's marks, "M.F.-Curtisa-Bologna, . 2 ", can be found inscribed on the bottom of the handle, the underside of the platform and handle bear minor wear due to the base .
Excellent condition and very rare.

The Olympic flame was lit on August 12 in Ancient Olympia, Greece, and was carried a total of 1.863 Km, excludingthe flame's voyage from Athens to Syracuse aboard the training ship Amerigo Vespucci, by over 1.500 torchbearers during its historic fourteen-day relay, The XVII Olympiad earns the distinction of being the first Summer Olympics to be telecast in North America.