A very fine quality Austrian silver cigarette case with enamel decoration of a football match being a presentation to the England international Edgar

A very fine quality Austrian silver cigarette case with enamel decoration of a football match being a presentation to the England international Edgar Chadwick in 1900, the reverse inscribed PRESENTED TO MR EDGAR CHADWICK AS A MEMENTO OF FRIENDSHIP, GRATITUDE AND HIGH ESTEEM, FROM THE DEUTSCHER FUSSBALLCLUB, MAY 1900, PRAGUE, Austrian .900 silver mark, 8 by 6.5cm., in original fitted case for Emil Jager, Prague In May 1900 Edgar Chadwick was a Burnley player, although he had played his last game and would join Southampton in August. In the prime of his career Chadwick played for Everton where he made 270 appearances from the inauguration of the Football League in 1888 and until 1899. During that time he won 7 England international caps. He was in Prague having accepted an invitation to coach some players during the English close season. After his playing days, Chadwick became a pioneering English coach in continental Europe which included a spell as the Dutch national manager during which time he coached the side to a bronze medal at the Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games.