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University sports medal — Universidad Central de Las Villas, IV Juegos (1964)
Object/Artifact
Round gilt-metal medal with an integral suspension loop and jump ring at the top, surmounting a small arch-topped blue-enamel tab at the bottom. The obverse bears the arched legend "UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL" around the upper rim, a rooster/gamecock (the "Gallo Criollo") struck in relief at center, and the appended blue-enamel tab carrying a gilt figure of an athlete in a dynamic pose. The reverse is a plain field embossed "IV JUEGOS 1964."
2025.20.4
2025.20
Gift
1964
1960s
Santa Clara
Las Villas
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
Maker: Not identified; no maker's mark. Issued by/for the Universidad Central "Marta Abreu" de Las Villas (UCLV), Santa Clara, for its fourth university sports games.
Obverse
Universidad Central.
Reverse
IV JUEGOS 1964
Materials: Gilt copper-alloy/brass; blue enamel on the appended tab; metal jump ring. Technique: Die-struck/stamped gilt medal in relief; champlevé/painted enamel on the lower tab; integral suspension loop with jump ring.
Fair
Universidad Central de Las Villas
Santa Clara
Las Villas
Cuba
Caribbean
Central America
imagery
UCLV's annual university games take the Creole gamecock ("Gallo Criollo") as their emblem; this medal commemorates the IV edition in 1964. The rooster and "Universidad Central" legend identify it with UCLV specifically (the Las Villas/Villa Clara rooster association is well established). The precise relationship of the 1964 "IV Juegos" to the modern continuous edition count (55th in 2022) is uncertain — early editions and numbering may have differed or been interrupted — so the record follows the inscription ("4th edition, 1964") rather than equating it to the present-day series number.