A gold American Cup winner's medal 1918-19, designed with an eagle astride a football, inscribed A F A 18 19; sold with a delegate's badge for the United States Football Association Annual Meeting in St Louis, June 1927, in the shape of a football on ribbon suspension (2) In the final of the American Cup played on 26th April 1919 Bethlehem Steel of Philadelphia Paterson (Silk Works) 2-0 to the complete the American treble of League, US Cup and American Cup. The original recipient of this medal is unknown, but as the team was largely made up of England and Scottish ex professionals it is highly likely to have returned to the UK with one of the victorious players. Bethlehem Steel were supremely dominant in US Football at this time, and were winning the American Cup for the fourth year in succession. A rare item from the heyday of Football in the United States.
£400 - £600
A gold American Cup winner's medal 1918-19, designed with an eagle astride a football, inscribed A F A 18 19; sold with a delegate's badge for the United States Football Association Annual Meeting in St Louis, June 1927, in the shape of a football on ribbon suspension (2) In the final of the American Cup played on 26th April 1919 Bethlehem Steel of Philadelphia Paterson (Silk Works) 2-0 to the complete the American treble of League, US Cup and American Cup. The original recipient of this medal is unknown, but as the team was largely made up of England and Scottish ex professionals it is highly likely to have returned to the UK with one of the victorious players. Bethlehem Steel were supremely dominant in US Football at this time, and were winning the American Cup for the fourth year in succession. A rare item from the heyday of Football in the United States.