Olympic medals found in Melbourne trash bins

Olympic medals dumped in a pile of rubbish outside a house in Melbourne remain unclaimed five months after they were handed in to police, The Guardian reported.

A bronze medal from the 1952 Helsinki Games and a participation medal from the 1948 London Olympics were handed over to police in June after they were found in trash outside a house in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs.

Police had been unable to link them to any burglaries and no-one had come forward to claim them. “Whether they were handed down from one generation to another, or they belong to another athlete from another country, we don’t know,” Senior Constable Damien Bowman told reporters.

“I wouldn’t limit it to Australian athletes at this stage. We’d just like to get them back to the owner safe and sound,” the official said

Caption: Medals from the 1948 and 1952 Olympic Games have been found in bins outside a house in suburban Melbourne

Photo: The Guardian