Wartime football: a flag presented to The Football Association by the allied Football Associations 1939-1945, the linen flag with central F.A. crest s
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Wartime football: a flag presented to The Football Association by the allied Football Associations 1939-1945, the linen flag with central F.A. crest surrounded by the flags of Czechoslovakia, Belgium, France, Norway and The Netherlands, and inscribed 1939-45, PRESENTED TO THE F.A. BY THE ALLIED F.A..'S IN GREAT BRITAIN, 84 by 142cm., 33 by 56in., sold with a book titled Victory Was The Goal with an illustration of this flag being presented to the Football Association from the allies on the occasion of the England v France match at Wembley 26th May 1945; the lot also including a Yugoslavian football pennant inscribed BRITISH SERVICES XI V NOV JUGOSLAVIJA XI, BARI, 23 IX 1944 (3)