Is the Cup of Hercules solid gold?
What is the Hercules Cup made of?
The height of the Cup is 36.8 centimeters and it weighs 6.1 kilograms. The trophy is made of 18-carat gold, the base has a diameter of 13.1 centimeters and is made of two layers of green malachite, while the shape is that of two Hercules men with their hands raised above the Earth.
The production company for the Hercules Cup is G.D.E. Bertoni, a family-owned company in Milan, Italy.
The "birth" of the Cup of Hercules in 1971 was designed by the sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga, Artistic Director of Bertoni.
The name of each World Cup winning country is engraved on the base of the trophy.
The Hercules Cup is the mobility trophy. Each winning team gets to keep the Cup until the next World Cup Final. Each winner receives a replica of the Cup as a souvenir.
Rimet Cup. Made of sterling silver gilded with lapis lazuli, the trophy is in the shape of Nica, the goddess of victory in Greek mythology. 1970 World Cup, the Brazilian national soccer team successfully won the championship, becoming the first team to win three World Cups, can permanently save the Rémitt Cup, so the International Federation of Association Football open tender to design a new trophy. 1983, the Rémitt Cup was stolen, and its whereabouts are still unknown. It was later renamed the Rimet Cup in honor of former Federation Internationale de Football Association president Jules Rimet.
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Is the Hercules Cup all gold?
? Hercules Cup is pure gold answer, want to know more data and information can pay attention to this site.
