It is the official ball during the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland. It was consisted of 18 leather cut panels intertwined. The goal was getting teh ball as spherical as possible in that time, that is why used intertwined panels. This ball also was the first one in a different colour, yellow. On its surface was printed with the following lettering: SWISS WORLD CHAMPION MATCH BALL. Available in store.
Nowadays there are very few balls in good condition of 1954 World Cup. We can see some of them on these pictures.
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