An 18ct. gold and enamel lapel badge presented by the Uruguayan government to the 1928 Olympic gold medal winning footballer Adhemar Canavesi, named t
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An 18ct. gold and enamel lapel badge presented by the Uruguayan government to the 1928 Olympic gold medal winning footballer Adhemar Canavesi, named to Canavesi on the reverse; sold with a photocopy of the magazine Mundo Uruguayo 16th August 1928 with a feature on the Governmental presentation of these medals, including an illustration of the medal, and photographs taken at the ceremony (2) Adhemar Canavesi was the vice-captain of the 1928 gold medal winning Olympic team. He played his domestic football for Bella Vista and Penarol.