Watch List notes:

Games of the VIII Olympiad, Paris. 1924. AV Participation Medal (39x35mm, 18.22 g, 12h). Issued to Arthur G. Rudd (1894-1968), Defender on the American Soccer Team . By Dieges & Clust. Statue of Liberty before radiant sun above which are nine stars; to left, badge of the US Football Association above PARIS; soccer ball above 1924 to right; above cloisonné Olympic rings; in exergue, laurel wreath with banner inscribed OLYMPIC SOCCER TEAM / Plain back hallmarked and inscribed ARTHUR G. RUDD. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rudd (for biography of Arthur Rudd). Superb EF.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Ingrid O'Neil, November 2011.