ENGLAND, Football World Cup, 1966, a silver medal by G. Colley for Global Medal Ltd, the Jules Rimet trophy, rev. two footballers, a large football behind them, names and dates of previous World Cup competitions around, 51mm, 77.09g (E 2112A; cf. London Coins 178, 609). Brilliant and virtually as struck, richly toned, scarce £40-£60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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bt A.C. Eimer, August 2013

The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth such quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. Played in England from 11 to 30 July, England defeated West Germany 4-2 in the final to win their first, and still only, World Cup title. Matches were played at eight stadiums across England, with the final being held at Wembley Stadium. In the build-up to the tournament, the Jules Rimet trophy was stolen from a display at the Stanley Gibbons Stampex exhibition in Westminster on 20 March 1966. After a nation-wide hunt for the icon, it was discovered a week later, wrapped in newspaper, by a collie dog named Pickles next to a parked car in Beaulah Hill, Upper Norwood.