A rare silver & enamel 1934 World Cup commemorative medal awarded to Ottorino Barassi, President and
£5,000 - £7,000
A rare silver & enamel 1934 World Cup commemorative medal awarded to Ottorino Barassi, President and Secretary of FIGC (Italian F.A.) and Director of the FIFA 1934 World Cup Organising Committee, by Giulio Veronesi of Bologna (signed to the reverse), the obverse with an enamel map of the continents, two footballers in raised relief, two fasces and inscribed COPPA DEL MONDO, FOOTBALL, ITALIA, 1934 XII, named in enamel to OTTORINO BARASSI, the reverse enamelled with the flags of the participating nations and with details of all the tournament's matches culminating with the Italy v Czechoslovakia final in Rome, diameter 6.5cm., later swivel-mounted on an orb set on an acrylic base, height 23.5cm. A similar medal awarded to the important Dutch football administrator Karel Lotsy (1893-1959) was offered at Graham Budd Auctions 22nd May 2014 as lot 343. For Biographical information regarding Ottorino Barassi see lot 428. Provenance: By family descent. The following lots 428 to 460 were awarded to Italian Sports Official Ottorino Barassi