This golden jeu de boules trophy has carefully been kept in an elegant cassette. Also, the golden color and the neat gravure of the player in motion exert a false sense of value: The medal is actually made of zinc, worth a 12000th of gold. Thus, this trophy was probably won during a friendly afternoon game in a French park, not during an actual championship. Whether jeu de boule should be considered a game or a sport is a question that splits France into North and South. The Confédération Mondiale des Sports de Boules has given a clear answer, lobbying for jeu de boules to become an Olympic discipline since over 30 years, with no success so far.