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Vintage karate and martial-arts award collection dating primarily from the 1980s through 1991. The original recipients and complete history of these pieces are unknown. One plaque bears the name Tony Gonzalez, but the other awards are mostly unengraved or do not show a recipient’s name. No claim is being made that every item belonged to the same person.
The lot includes:
Eight karate and martial-arts medals
Three wooden award plaques
One used brown martial-arts belt
Several original neck ribbons
Visible organizations, competitions, and markings include:
Green Country Open Karate Championships — Forms Grand Champion plaque engraved “Tony Gonzalez”
2nd Annual Nebraska Martial Arts Championship — April 1986
OJKA/OSKA — Oklahoma Junior Karate Association/Oklahoma Senior Karate Association — 1991 Top Three Competitor
Oklahoma Karate Association/O.K.A.
1991 National Finals Karate Championship — third place
Men’s Adult Sparring, Level Black — second place
United States Martial Arts Association
Century-YMCA Investment in Youth Karate Championship
Sooner State Games Summer
N.F.K.C.
First-, second-, and third-place awards
All pieces are preowned and show varying age and competition-related wear. Conditions include scratches, scuffs, finish wear, tarnishing, discoloration, and ribbon wear. The brown belt is heavily used, with creasing, fading, staining, and general wear. The plaques have noticeable scratches and surface wear.
Please examine all photographs carefully for the exact contents, inscriptions, and condition. Everything shown is included and sold together as one lot. The recipients, competition history, and relationship between the individual awards are unknown.
