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197 The 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games silver prize medal awarded to the Argentinean footballer Juan Evaristo,


designed by Professor Giuseppe Cassioli of Florence with Victory seated above a stadium, the reverse with a winner being carried by jubilant athletes; sold together with a page removed from a scrapbook pasted both sides 7 photographs including a fully-signed 7 by 9in. b&w photograph of the Argentina silver medal team from the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, autographs including the manager and trainer, the other images are mainly informal of the team relaxing at their Dutch base at Bloemendal, but also including a match action photo from the Egypt match


Evaristo did dot play in Argentina’s first two matches when they defeated USA 11-2 and Belgium 6-3, but featured in the 6-0 semi-final win over Egypt and in the final tie and replay that concluded with the 2-1 defeat by Uruguay.


At the time of the Amsterdam Games, Evaristo, a defender, played for Sportivo Palermo. He later participated at the first World Cup in 1930 and was also a member of the 1927 and 1929 Argentina Copa America teams, and won an Argentinean Championship title with Boca Juniors in 1931. £4,000 - 6,000


198 Three medals/badges awarded to the Uruguayan footballer Peregrino Anselmo,


the first medal in silver plate and inscribed EL PUEBLO DE MALDONADO, A LOS CAMPEONES OLIMPICOS, 1928, P.J. ANSELMO, together with a 1928 Olympic commemorative lapel badge with enamel national flag and football; and a bronze commemorative medal from the 1930 World Cup in Uruguay


Anselmo was a member of the Uruguay 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games gold medal winning football squad, and also the winning team at the first World Cup in 1930. His club team was Penarol, where he was later coach. £300 - 400


199 A 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games bronze prize medal, designed by Professor Giuseppe Cassioli, Florence, in bronze, the obverse with Victory seated above a stadium, the reverse with a winner carried by jubilant athletes


The original recipient of this medal is unknown.


£2,000 - 3,000 198


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