A group of six lapel badges relating to Uruguay's football successes in the 1924 & 1928 Olympic Games and the 1930 World Cup, two identical examples i
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A group of six lapel badges relating to Uruguay's football successes in the 1924 & 1928 Olympic Games and the 1930 World Cup, two identical examples issued by the Uruguayan Football Association on the 50th anniversary of the 1928 triumph in gold and enamel, the first issued to A. CANAVESI the other R.FIGUEROA; two identical AUF gold & enamel lapel badges, the first named to Canavesi, the other to A. Supicci, in commemoration of the 1924 & 1928 Olympic victories and the 1930 & 1950 World Cup wins; and a pair of silver & enamel lapel badges inscribed CAMPEONES OLIMPICOS , 1924, 1928 Adhemar Canavasi and Roberto Figueroa were both Uruguayan gold medal winning footballers at the Amsterdam Olympic Games of 1928.