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Ex-Pelé Collection: Distinguished Service Award presented to Pelé by the United States Sports Academy, Daphne, Alabama, in 1983, the wood plaque feat

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£260
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£280 - £320

Ex-Pelé Collection: Distinguished Service Award presented to Pelé by the United States Sports Academy, Daphne, Alabama, in 1983, the wood plaque features an enamel coloured Academy emblem and lettering that reads "United States Sports Academy/ presents the/ Distinguished Service Award/ to/ Pelé (Edson Arantes do Nascimento)/ Sportsman/ Football/ Brazil/ for noteworthy contributions to/ International Sport/ Education-Research-Service/ 1983" along with the names of the Board of Trustees and its chairmen, the Board of Visitors, and the president of the Academy, 47 by 39cm. Provenance: The Pelé Collection. Julien’s Auctions, London, 7th to 9th June 2016, as lot 369.