Two 1924 Olympic Games commemorative medals presented to the American soccer player Arthur G. Rud

Two 1924 Olympic Games commemorative medals presented to the American soccer player Arthur G. Rudd, the first an attractively designed 14k. gold & enamel medal by Dieges & Clust issued to the American Soccer Team, the reverse engraved ARTHUR G. RUDD; the other, also by Dieges & Clust in silver-gilt, stamped Sterling, and extensively inscribed 1924, PRESENTED BY HON. JOHN F. HYLAN, MAYOR, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, TO THE VICTORIOUS AMERICAN ATHLETES ON THEIR RETURN FROM THE OLYMPIC GAMES AT PARIS, FRANCE; sold together with a third Arthur Rudd medal presented by the Polish Olympic Committee to commemorate the Poland v USA international match played in Warsaw 10th June 1924 (3) Arthur George Rudd was born in Widnes in England 22nd December 1887. His family emigrated to America and he played soccer for the Fleisher Yarn, the works team of the SB & BW Fleisher Manufacturing Company in Philadelphia. After the 1924 Olympic Games, Fleisher Yarn joined the American Soccer League for the 1924-25 season, but the club folded following this single, miserable campaign. Arthur Rudd, a left-sided full-back, played in the first USA match at the Paris Games and helped his team progress to the second round by beating Estonia 1-0. However, they then had the misfortune to draw eventual Olympic Champions Uruguay and were eliminated from the tournament following a 3-0 defeat. Rudd was not selected for the Uruguay game. The American team then travelled to Warsaw to play an international game versus Poland on 10th June. Poland had been eliminated from the Olympic competition in the first round. The third medal in this lot relates to this game which the Americans won 3-2. Before returning to the States, the US team played one further match against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin on 16th June, losing 3-1.