Thursday, July 21, 2011

Medals of the Peace Games resemble map of Brazil

The awarding medals of the 5th Military World Games Rio 2011 were officially presented at the Poupex Theater in Brasilia. Created by the artist Luiz Henrique Peixoto Ferreira, developed and minted by the Mint of Brazil, the medals have a unique shape, which resembles to the map of Brazil.

On the obverse, they have the symbol of the International Military Sports Counsil (CISM), and on reverse, the Rio 2011 mark - 5th Military World Games CISM - with mention of the sport played on the top bar, colored in the national grading colors . The 5th Military World Games will distribute 459 gold medals, 459 silver and 503 bronze ones.

The Chief of Staff of the Presidency Institutional Security Office, General of the Army Jose Elito Carvalho Siqueira and the commanders of three forces: Fleet Admiral Julio Soares de Moura Neto (Navy), General of the Army Enzo Martins Peri (Army) and Lieutenant Brigadier Juniti Saito (Air Force), attended the event, which also had the president of Brazil's Military Sports Committee, Vice-Admiral Bernardo José Pierantoni Gamboa, General Coordinator of the Operational planning Committee of the 5th MWG and Brigadier General Jamil Megid Junior.

Among other authorities, attended the event the Chief of General Staff of Armed Forces, General of the Army Jose Carlos de Nardi, Secretary of Personnel, Education, Health and Sports, Fleet Admiral Julio Saboya de Araujo, the president of the Army Housing Foundation and POUPEX, General of the Army Eron Carlos Marques and the Superintendent of the Socio-Cultural Responsibility Department in Brazil Mint, Ms Gloria Dias.

"I thought it was fantastic. Everything was a real score. The design of the medal is very beautiful, charming", said Vice Admiral Bernardo Pierantoni Gamboa, president of Brazil's Military Sports Committee.

"The artist has reached the goal. The outline of the image also resembles the waves of Rio de Janeiro", said the General Coordinator l of the Operational Planning Committee, General Jamil Megid Junior.

Commemorative Medals and Theme Song of the Games are also presented
To mark the Brazilian edition of the Games, commemorative medals were also developed, produced in limited quantities, which have the traditional round shape, with texture that highlights the original outline of the awarding medal, by contrast.

At the end of the event the Theme Song of the Rio 2011 Games was played. Sgt Ricardo Cesar Ferreira, from the Military Police Music Society in Rio de Janeiro, inspired by the Olympic motto "The fastest, the highest, the strongest" and the logo of the Games, where the Peace Dove symbolizes the highest flight seeking new records, to compose the theme.

"The theme combines characteristics of major sporting events with military marches. But with the sound of a symphony orchestra, the hearer gets very emotional, "concluded General Jamil Megid Junior.

The Symphonic Band of the Presidential Guard Battalion, under the baton of Captain Musician Paulo Cesar Pedroso de Campos, from Duque de Caxias Battalion, led the Theme. Guest musicians of the Navy and Air Force, the guard of Brasilia, the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro and the Fire Department of the State of Goiás, also attended the presentation.

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