More than 2,100 Paralympic medals will be presented at London 2012.
The Paralympic Games medals have been designed by Lin Cheung, a jewellery artist and senior lecturer in jewellery design.
One side of the medal features a close-up section of an outstretched wing of the Greek Goddess of Victory. This image represents forward flight, power and lightness, a metaphor for the spirit of the Paralympic Games. Symbolising inclusion and togetherness, the reverse of the medal incorporates a direct mould from the heart area of the plaster cast of ‘The Nike of Paionios’, the Greek Goddess of Victory, residing in the British Museum Cast Collection
