The 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games silver prize medal awarded to the Argentinean footballer Juan Evaristo, designed by Professor Giuseppe Cassioli of Fl

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.