Bombé-form with three loop handles and on a domed base, one side engraved TRIBUTE TO FRED W. KELLY BY THE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES GIVEN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE EVENING HERALD FOR HIS VICTORY IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES, the second side engraved WINNER OF THE 110 METER HIGH HURDLES TIME 15.1 SECONDS OLYMPIC GAMES STOCKHOLM SWEDEN 1912, the third side acid etched and engraved with a portrait of Fred Kelly competing in the hurdles within a laurel wreath, marked on underside STERLING and numbered C1768
12 in. (30.5 cm.) diameter
53 oz. 2 dwt. (1,651 gr.)

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Fred Kelly (1891-1974) was born in Beaumont, California and attended the University of California, where he was selected to be a member of the 1912 US Olympic team for the 110m hurdles. At the Stockholm Olympics, Kelly won his preliminary heats before winning the final race in 15.1 seconds, only 0.1 seconds over fellow American James Wendell. Kelly would go on to serve in the Army in World War I, before becoming a pioneer of aviation, carrying mail for the Western Air Express and training further Army pilots during World War II.