Auction 60 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Collection of Items - Football Tournament Between the Teams of Palestine and Greece - "Mondial" Qualification Games - "World Cup", 1938
Opening: $400
Unsold
Photographs and a souvenir plaque from a football competition between Palestine (Tel-Aviv) and Greece (Athens), as part of the preliminary games towards the 1938 "Mondial" - "World Cup". Greece and Palestine, February 1938.
1-4. Four photographs by the photographer Yancoglou from Athens (ink stamped on the back): players of the Palestinian team on the field, players of both teams in a group photograph on the field, judges and "captains" of both teams in a ceremony of flag exchange prior to the game, group photograph of activists and organizers of the game. One photograph bears a dedication handwritten by the photographer on the back; on three photographs appears the pencil inscription "Fuchs" (on the back). Three photographs: 12X18.5 cm, one photograph: 24X17.5 cm. Good condition. Slight creases and tears. Traces of pasting on the back.
5. Photograph of the players and organizers in a party held after the game.
12.5X17.5 cm. Good condition. Slight defects to the back.
6. A souvenir plaque awarded to Gedalya Fuchs, for his participation in the preliminary games: a silver plated copper plaque inscribed "World Cup 1938 - Tel-Aviv 21.1.38, Athens 20.2.38 - to the member of the national team, Gedalya Fuchs, a present from the Palestine Football Association". The plaque is decorated with a branch and the emblem of the association (a triangle with a ball in its center surrounded by the inscription "Palestine" (in Hebrew, Arabic and English) and attached to a wooden stand.
Plaque: 5X7.5 cm, wooden stand: 10.5X14X2.5 cm. Good condition. Some of the silver plating is worn.
Provenance of items: estate of Gedalya Fuchs, Captain of the Palestine team (for more information about him, see enclosed material).
1-4. Four photographs by the photographer Yancoglou from Athens (ink stamped on the back): players of the Palestinian team on the field, players of both teams in a group photograph on the field, judges and "captains" of both teams in a ceremony of flag exchange prior to the game, group photograph of activists and organizers of the game. One photograph bears a dedication handwritten by the photographer on the back; on three photographs appears the pencil inscription "Fuchs" (on the back). Three photographs: 12X18.5 cm, one photograph: 24X17.5 cm. Good condition. Slight creases and tears. Traces of pasting on the back.
5. Photograph of the players and organizers in a party held after the game.
12.5X17.5 cm. Good condition. Slight defects to the back.
6. A souvenir plaque awarded to Gedalya Fuchs, for his participation in the preliminary games: a silver plated copper plaque inscribed "World Cup 1938 - Tel-Aviv 21.1.38, Athens 20.2.38 - to the member of the national team, Gedalya Fuchs, a present from the Palestine Football Association". The plaque is decorated with a branch and the emblem of the association (a triangle with a ball in its center surrounded by the inscription "Palestine" (in Hebrew, Arabic and English) and attached to a wooden stand.
Plaque: 5X7.5 cm, wooden stand: 10.5X14X2.5 cm. Good condition. Some of the silver plating is worn.
Provenance of items: estate of Gedalya Fuchs, Captain of the Palestine team (for more information about him, see enclosed material).
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