2002 O.C. Tanner Hockey Pictogram Pins

For the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah, a local company known as O.C. Tanner, which was formed in 1927, was selected to manufacture the 477 medals that would be awarded to participants of the Games. The front of each medal identifies the sport for which it was awarded, while on the back of each medal is depicted the Greek goddess of victory, Nike. Each medal is 4 inches high and 3.25 inches in width. The medals were made from gold, silver and copper mined in the State of Utah, and were formed to resemble river rocks found in Utah's many mountain streams.
O.C. Tanner also had Aminco, the official pin manufacturer of the 2002 Winter Games, produce several Olympic pins on behalf of the medal manufacturing company. Two such pins, below, depict gold, silver and bronze medals and ribbons, and each pin includes an ice hockey pictogram character. During the 2002 Winter Games, each of these pins sold for between $15.00 and $20.00 USD.