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My grand-uncle's cycling medal

Although I now live in Latvia, I grew up in Australia in a family with a migration background. My whole family are from Holland - they came as economic migrants to Australia when my grandfather got a job with Shell.

This medal belonged to my grandfather's brother, who I was close to. He won the medal for cycling in the Netherlands. It was from a 60km race but I don't know much about it. Until his…

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  • Kolekcijas dienas, Latvieši pasaulē - muzejs un pētniecības centrs, National Library of Latvia, 2018-11-09–2018-11-10
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