There are 183841 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribeA Queen Victoria diamond jubilee bronze commemorative medal dated 1897 in original red Morocco covered case of issue (originally part of an issue of 41,857), a solid silver George V Silver Jubilee commemorative medal dated 1935, weight approx 3oz in original red Morocco covered case of issue (af) and a solid silver George V commemorative Silver Jubilee crown dated 1935 in original cardboard box of issue (3)
A Queen Victoria cased solid silver Silver Jubilee commemorative medal dated 1897, weight approx 3oz, in original red Morocco covered case of issue (originally 27,728 issued), also a bronze version of Queen Victoria`s Silver Jubilee medal in original red Morocco case of issue (originally 41,857 issued) and a Queen Elizabeth II bronze coronation medal by H Dropsy with a bust of the queen with inscription S.M.la.reine Elizabeth II, the reverse with a scene of Windsor castle dated 2nd Juin 1953 La France a s m Elizabeth II in a cardboard box (lid missing) (3) (illustrated)
A World War II Medal group awarded to S81718 Staff Sargent H Wilkinson of the Royal Army Service Corp comprising 1939-45 Star, Africa Star with 8th army clasp, Defence Medal, 1939-45 Medal and Territorial Army Efficient Service medal, with matching miniatures (please note the General Service Medal is missing on the main group), also included in this lot is his identity discs, cap badges for the Army Service Corp, a bronze cycling proficiency badge, a small silver Territorial Army lapel badge, and medal bars, a Dunkirk medal dated 1940, also included in this lot is a photograph album from 1939 to 1945 with many black and white photographs of Jerusalem, Tripoli in 1944, Cyprus 1945 and Benghazi etc and another album on Jerusalem dated 1941, another dated 1939-45 showing the pyramids and North Africa including Khartoum, Beirut etc, also a soldiers release book, Civil Defence Basic Training manual, Civil Defence Nuclear Weapons Advice booklet, First Aid manual etc (illustrated)
A collection of 52 boxed Keymen `football series` figures early 1970s, hand painted scale diecast models that were available in the players` club or international colours, the lot with duplication of subjects owing to them being unsold stock from a shop that closed in the early 1970s, comprising Alan Ball (10 x club), Gordon Banks (7 x club, 1 international), Colin Bell (8 x club), George Best (3 x club, Bobby Charlton (6 x club, 1 international), Francis Lee (7 x club, 1 international) & Bobby Moore (4 x club and 4 x international); sold together with an unused 1966 World Cup Willie autograph book; a 1970s football book; and a silver football medal dated 1935-36 (55)
Three volumes of autograph books compiled by Middlesex Wanderers AFC co-founder R. B. (Bob) Alaway, volumes 2, 3 & 4, 1926-1949, Middlesex Wanderers team signature appear throughout the series together with groups relating to their opposition or to a visit or some other occasion, team- groups and Tours are to numerous to list here in totality but the following are worthy of particular note: for 1926, Northern Nomads F.A. Amateur Cup winners, Tours to Germany, Holland, & Switzerland, Dulwich Hamlet; for 1927, Woking, Leyton Amateur Cup winners, Tour to Holland; for 1928 Tour to Switzerland & Italy; for 1929, Tour to Scandinavia; for 1930, Tufnell Park Tour to Denmark; for 1931, Wycombe Wanderers F.A. Amateur Cup winners, Tour to Holland; for 1932, Tour to Holland, Enfield Town; for 1933, Tour to France, Bilbao, Southern Counties v Northern Nomads, Barnet, Middlesex County FA Golden Jubilee Banquet 1883-1933, Corinthians v Athenian League; for 1934, Amateur International Trial Match North v South at Wimbledon, Dulwich Hamlet FA Amateur Cup winners, Tour to Holland; the 1934 Australian Cricketers, Southern Counties v Northern Counties; for 1935, England v Wales Amateur International at Wimbledon, England v Scotland Amateur International at Dulwich Hamlet, the 1935 South African Cricketers, Tour to Norway, Southern Counties v Northern Counties; for 1936, Tour to Germany, Southern Counties v Northern Counties, a Famous Sportsmen Dinner, the Hungary team who played England at Highbuty, A SECTION TITLED MIDDLESEX WANDERERS AT THE XIth OLYMPIAD BERLIN, AUGUST 1936, including a Dinner to the gold medal winning walker Harold H. Whitlock, the Great Britain football team, "some of our athletes", China football team, President`s Reception "A Distinguished Gathering", Olympic swimmers, Japan swimmers & athletes, USA athletes, other athletes; for 1937, England v Wales Amateur International at Fratton Park, Dulwich Hamlet FA Amateur Cup winners, Tour to Australasia, the 1937 New Zealand cricketers, Tour to Switzerland, Yorkshire v Middlesex Challenge Cricket Match at The Oval, Patsy Hendren`s Last County Cricket Match at Lords Middlesex v Surrey, Southern Counties v Northern Counties, England v Czecho-Slovakia at White Hart Lane; for 1938 Wales v England Amateur International at Rhyl, the England v German international in Berlin, the 1938 Australian cricketers, Gloucestershire CCC, FIVE PAGES DEVOTED TO THE 1938 FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION 75th ANNIVERSARY BANQUET, England v The Rest Amateur International trial at Hastings; for 1939, Ireland v England Amateur International at Belfast, Tour to Turkey; for 1940, Red Devils of Belgium, Horace Alaway Memorial Match v Netherlands X; for 1942, Presentation to Lester Finch, Inter Allied Services Cup Final at Stamford Bridge; for 1943, The International Sports Fellowship Inaugural Meeting, Metropolitan Police v USA Army Match at Thames Ditton, Stanley Rouse Dinner, United Nations Swimming Gala, Patsy Hendren XI Charity Cricket Match, Lord`s Tavern Dinner to Plum Warner; for 1944, Sports Brain Trust/Ensa (quizmaster, Lord Tennyson), England v Wales wartime international played at Anfield; for 1945 Jimmy Wilde Cricket XI of "Sporting Notabilities", Australian Services Cricketers, England v Australia Cricket Match at Old Trafford; for 1946 Cornwall v Middlesex Southern Counties Championship semi-final, England v Switzerland international at Stamford Bridge, Alf Govers Team of England & County players v Chas Hiltons XI, the 1946 Indian cricketers, the Icelandic Sports Association, Republic of Ireland v England international in Dublin; for 1947, Belgium v England international in Brussels, Northern Counties v Southern Counties at Southport; for 1948, England v Wales Amateur International at Bangor; the first FWA Awards Dinner to Stanley Matthews, ELEVEN PAGES DEDICATED TO THE 1948 OLYMPIC GAMES, athletes home & abroad, the 1948 Australian cricketers, MCC cricketers to South Africa 1948-49; for 1949, Tour to Holland. Middlesex Wanderers Association Football Club was formed in 1905 and is a Club that is synonymous with touring, having already completed well over 100 tours to 44 Countries during its history. The Club`s constitution sets out three objectives: To promote a good fellowship among football clubs and other sporting organisations throughout the world; To send teams of British footballers on tours abroad; To play occasional football games in the British Isles and such other games as the Executive Committee may approve. The Club`s origins date back to 1905 when two brothers, Bob and Horace Alaway, founded Richmond Town Wanderers with the specific purpose of performing `missionary work` in Europe where football was still in its relative infancy. Initially success was achieved through using local amateur players but with the continuing improvements of standards abroad it became necessary to strengthen touring parties by extending the scope of selection farther afield. In order to enhance the reputation of the Club its name was changed to Middlesex Wanderers in 1912 and tours were regularly made to different European countries. The extent of the Club`s reputation in the inter-war years is reflected in the fact that invitations were received from every part of Europe. The fiftieth tour to Turkey in 1939 was the first occasion on which it ventured outside the continent. Until that matches were generally played against clubs, many of whom have subsequently achieved prominence on the post-war European football scene, such as Ajax and PSV Eindhoven in Holland and Barcelona in Spain. Co-Founder Bob Alaway kept a meticulous chronicle of the club`s recording each occasion, tour and match and collecting autographs of the participants. Sadly, Volume One is absent but offered here are Volumes Two, Three and Four covering the period from the Annual Club Dinner in January 1926 to a final entry made four a Tour of Holland in May 1949. The result is a staggering collection of autographs from the period. Middlesex Wanderers FC History Source: Keith Masters, Honorary Secretary, the club website.
1960s and 1970s Chelsea memorabilia, comprising: a 60s squad-signed double-page colour magazine photograph, in clip frame; a smaller team-signed b&w magazine photograph; a signed colour photo of John Hollins; a signed b&w magazine photo of Dave Webb; signed photos mounts of Peter Osgood and of Charlie Cooke; a Bobby Tambling Ty-Phoo card; club-issue facsimile signatures for season 1972-73; a club-issue bronze medal depicting the four trophies won by Chelsea between 1955 and 1971; souvenir editions of the Evening Standard for the 1970 F.A. Cup win and the 1971 ECWC win; and 4 various b&w press photos; The Bobby Tambling Story; 5 various Testimonial programmes; 1967 & 1970 Cup final souvenir publications; and a 1963-64 club handbook (24)
Lots 643 to 646-David Mould (H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother`s most successful jockey). A pair of 9ct. golf & enamel cufflinks presented by H.M. Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother to her jockey David Mould, hallmarked J W Benson Ltd, Birmingham, 1966, blue, red & gold enamelled ER monogram & crown, in original fitted red leather Cartier retailer`s case, with similar tooled gilt monogram to the lid. David Mould was a leading National Hunt jockey who rode a career total of 606 winners between 1958 and 1975. 106 of these winners were in the famous, buff and black colours of HM Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, making him Her Majesty`s most successful jockey. David Mould was stable jockey to Peter Cazalet at Fairlawne, a grand country house near Tombridge in Kent, from where 250 royal winners were sent out between 1949 and 1973. Famously, David Mould would wear a new pair of breeches and boots on every occasion he rode one of the Queen Mother`s horses. He was originally apprenticed to John Sutcliffe at Epsom but moved to Peter Cazalet when he became too heavy to ride on the Flat. He believes that the Queen Mother was responsible for saving his right leg, which had become gangrenous following a horrific injury sustained in race riding. On hearing the news she sent her personal surgeon, Sir Henry Osmond-Clarke, whose operation successfully saved the leg and allowed Mould to resume his career in the saddle. In 1969 David Mould married horsewoman Marion Coakes, who won a silver medal on her famous horse Strolled at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico as well as many other notable equestrian events. See lot 1191.
The 1971 Tolly Cobbold Trophy, in the form of a silver (hallmarked Edward Barnard & Sons Ltd, London, 1971) replica of the Bacchante figure after the original bronze statue by the American sculptor Frederick MacMonnies, mounted on a turned wooden base set with a silver plaque engraved THE TOLLY COBBOLD TROPHY, overall height 32cm., 12 1/2in.; sold together with the associated 1971 Newmarket race card which features the trophy on the front cover, and a press clipping (3). The 1971 Tolly Cobbold Trophy was ran at Newmarket 31st July 1971 and won by King Midas, owned by the Exors of the late Major H P Holt, trained by Henry Candy at Wantage and ridden by Des Cullen. The 10 furlongs handicap for three-year-olds sponsored by Tollemache & Cobbold Breweries Limited was first run in 1963. Sculptor Frederick Macmonnier`s original bronze Bacchante figure won a gold medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1900. His exhibit was purchased at that time by The Hon. Douglas Tollemache, who shipped it back to London. He registered it as his company`s trademark in 1920 and the image appeared on many of their beer bottle labels.
Charles Walter Simpson, R.I., R.O.I. (1885-1971) PAT SMYTHE ON HER FAMOUS HORSE PRINCE HAL signed and with label to the reverse, oil on canvas, framed, 51 by 61cm., 20 by 24in. Pat Smythe OBE (1928-1996) was one of the most successful show jumpers in the world and won many major competitions as well as a bronze medal in the 1956 Olympic Games team event. Prince Hal, an ex-racehorse originally named Fourtowns, was acquired in 1949. The pair won at the Royal International Horse Show, set a European Ladies high-jump record and were part of the winning Prix de Nations teams for Great Britain.
A gold medal presented to the English cricketer Harry Charlwood on the occasion of the first ever official Test Match that commenced 15th March 1877 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between Australia and England, the obverse engraved with crossed cricket bats, stumps and a ball, with a cricket field beyond, the reverse inscribed PRESENTED TO, H. CHARLWOOD, BY, GE0. BROWNE C.E., ARCHITECT, M.C.C. GRAND STAND, MELBOURNE, 1877. This exciting discovery of a gold medal offers a unique opportunity to acquire a presentation made on the occasion of the first official Test Match in cricket history, the game between Australia and James Lillywhite`s England side played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground commencing 15th March 1877. Australia won the game by 45 runs, a result that, extraordinarily, was duplicated precisely when Australia and England competed in the Centenary Test Match, played March 12th to 17th 1977 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The medal was presented by George Browne, the Melbourne architect, responsible for the Grand Stand built at the MCG for the Test Series against England in 1877. This is the only known extant medal from Browne`s commemoration, but presumably he presented a gold medal to every visiting England player, and perhaps the home team too, as a suitable souvenir of his achievements in developing a ground more than worthy of hosting Test Match cricket. Browne is known to have socialised heavily with James Lillywhite`s English cricketers during the 1876-77 Tour. "The Australasian", Saturday December 2, 1876, p.715 records: … On Saturday last Mr. George Browne, the architect for the grand stand at the M.C.C. ground, drove [the English cricketers] round the city and suburbs in an English drag and six, and entertained them at a sumptuous dinner at Clement`s Cafe in the evening … The present medal was engraved to the Sussex professional Henry Rupert James Charlwood (born Horsham, 19 December 1846 – died Scarborough, 6 June 1888). The right-hand bat played in both the Melbourne Test Matches of 1877. In the historic first match he batted at No.3 for England, scoring 36 in the first innings and 13 in the second innings. During the 2nd Test played March 31st to April 4th, Harry Charlwood batted at No.4 and scored 14 and a duck during England`s 4 wickets victory. In three of his four innings he was the victim of the bowling of Tom Kendall. These were the only two Test maches of H.R.J. Charlwood`s career, that spanned 197 First-Class matches. Harry Charlwood was the mainstay of a poor Sussex county team for several seasons and was noted for his attacking top-order batting style. He was also an occasional lob bowler and a specialist cover fielder, taking 89 career catches. He scored five centuries for, recording a highest score of 155, and scored over 7,000 runs. He later played for Derbyshire and last played in 1882. Returning to the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the first grandstand was a temporary structure erected in 1861 and capable of holding 6,000 spectators. A second, but permanent structure, thereby being referred to as the `First Grand Stand`, was built by George Browne in 1876 in readiness for the visit of James Lillywhite`s England team in 1877. It could seat 2,000 and faced both the ground and the parkland. It was sometimes referred to as the `Reversible Stand` as in the winter the seating could be reversed in order to watch the football games in Yarra Park. The grandstand`s builder was Peter Cunningham and the cost was
A trophy, medals and photographs relating to the professional golfer Jack Bloxham, comprising: an Elkington silver miniature replica of the Dunlop Challenge Cup, inscribed with details of Bloxham`s victory in the Midland Professional Foursomes in 1926, on ebonised base, overall height 10cm., 4in.; together with five medals, the first three in gold and in original cases, awarded for the P.G.A. Midland Foursomes of 1911 of issue) and for Warwickshire County Representation in 1921 & 1924; the fourth medal in silver for the PGA Midland Section Autumn Meeting of 1911; the other in gilt-metal for the PGA 1919 Victory Tournament; together with three period mounted photographs featuring golf in The Midlands, one being a line-up of Midlands-based professional golfers including Bloxham, manuscript legend below, the other portraying a group of professional and the membership at Coventry (Finham Park) Golf Cub; the lot also including Bloxham`s Royal Warwickshire regimental badge, in a leather pouch. Jack Bloxham was a member of the Professional Golfers` Association from 1902, a year after the organisation was founded. His first appointment was at Warwickshire Golf Club from 1897 to 1908. He then moved to Leamington & County between 1908 and 1918, before settling at Coventry GC during the inter-wars years. Notable performances by Bloxham would include the 1926 PGA Matchplay Championship when he finished runner-up to Open Championship winner Sandy Herd at Royal Mid-Surrey. He won the PGA Midland Foursomes in 1911 and the Midlands Foursomes of the Dunlop Challenge Cup in 1926. Bloxham always wore distinctive white kid leather shoes on the golf course, the choice of footwear a result of suffering from polio in childhood.
A rare gilt bronze medal presented at the 1900 Paris Olympic Games by the Ministry of Physical Education, designed by F. Vernon, in original case of issue, case damaged. This medal is illustrated p.46 No 2 in Gadoury "Medailles et Monnaies Olympiques". It is considered very rare and is only listed in bronze. The silvered (see previous lot) and gilded examples are extremely rare, especially cased examples. This is an official Olympic medal awarded by the French Ministry.
A silver prize medal won by Great Britain`s Bert MacDonald in the 3,000 metres team event at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, signed Andre Rivaud, the rim stamped 2. ARGENT, the obverse with a winning athlete helping a fallen athlete to his feet, with Olympic Rings, and inscribed B.H. MACDONALD, the reverse with a design of sports equipment and classical motifs surrounding the legend VIIIeme. OLYMPIADE, PARIS, 1924, and inscribed 3000 METRES TEAM, THIRD, diameter 55mm., weight 78gr.; sold together with Bert MacDonalds 1924 & 1948 Olympic Games participation medals, the 1924 example signed Raoul Bernard, the rim stamped BRONZE, the obverse with a City view of Paris over a legend reading VIIIe. OLYMPIADE, PARIS, 1924, the reverse with Victory crowing athletes with laurel wreath; the 1948 medal in bronze by B.Mackennal/J.Pinches, the obverse with a City view of London and Olympic legend, the reverse with a winning Quadriga at the Ancient Games, the three medals loosely laid down on a blue velvet lined backboard (3). Bertram "Bert" Hector MacDonald (1902-1965) was a British long-distance runner born in Kings Norton, Birmingham. MacDonald, who was a Birchfield Harrier, competed for Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 in the 3,000 metres team event. Each competing nation had six runners, with the finishing positions of their top three athletes counting in the final reckoning. MacDonald finished 3rd ahead of team-mate Harry Johnston in 4th and George Webber in 7th. This was good enough to win the silver medal. Nobody, however, could compete with the outstanding Finnish team that included the peerless Paavo Nurmi, known as the `Flying Finn`, who was the sensation of the Games winning five gold medals. Nurmi`s team-mate Ville Ritola would surely have been the star of any other Olympic Games with his four gold medals, but his performances were overshadowed by Nurmi. In the 3,000 team event, Nurmi and Ritola finished 1st and 2nd respectively, whist Elias Katz came home 5th. Katz also won a silver at Paris in the steeplechase. See also lot 1205 for further material relating to MacDonald.
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.
An autograph album compiled by the celebrated Welsh-born Olympic water polo player and swimmer Paulo "Raddy" Radmilovic between 1924 and 1930, containing the signatures of competitors at the 1924 Olympic Games, the British Empire Games of 1930 and from other sporting events of the period, the Olympic autographs including the Radmilovic-skippered Great Britain water polo team, the Irish Free State water polo team, the British swimmers Lucy Morton (gold), Phyllis Harding (silver), Florence Barker (silver), Grace McKenzie (silver), Constance Jeans (silver), Gladys Carson (bronze), Irene Gilbert, Jack Hatfield, Leslie Savage etc.; American swimmers Ethel Lackie (gold), Sybil Bauer (gold), Mariechen Wehselau (gold & silver), Gertrude Ederle (gold), Duke Kahanamoku (silver), Bill Kirschbaum (bronze); Australian swimmer Andrew "Boy" Charlton (gold); Swedish swimmers Arne Borg (2 silvers & a bronze) & Orvar Trolle (bronze); the American diver Aileen Riggin (silver); the British diver Verrall Newman; the former British Olympic swimmer Fred Unwin (London, 1908) who was the British swimming coach in 1920 & 1924; the album also containing the signature of Kathleen Thomas, the first woman to swim the Bristol Channel, plus fellow Bristol Channel swimmer Edith Parnell; a page of various swimming officials and administrators; the 1929 Brussels Swimming Club water polo team; London Ladies Water Polo Association; Les Mousse Fleurs Water Polo Team of 1929; the Welsh Wanderers water polo team; John Leslie Phelps (winner of the Doggetts Coat & Badge, 1928); the English swimming team at the 1930 British Empire Games including gold medallists Bill Trippett and Cecilia Wolstenholme; away from swimming and aquatics, the album contains the signatures of the New Zealand Maori Rugby Team that toured Great Britain in 1926-27; the New South Wales "Waratahs" Rugby Team of 1927-28, the boxer Jimmy Wilde; a page profusely signed by members of the Scottish team at the 1930 British Empire Games including their two gold medal winners Dunky Wright (marathon) & James Rolland (boxing, lightweight), the English wrestling team, the Canadian boxing team; and also includes a separate sheet of hotel headed paper dated 2nd August 1924 signed by members of the water polo team of the Ferencvarosi Torna Club in Budapest. Paulo Francesco "Raddy" Radmilovic was born in Cardiff 5 March 1886 and was a Welsh water polo player and swimmer of Croatian and Irish origin who won four Olympic titles in a 22 year Olympic career. He won four gold medals across three successive Olympic Games (1908, 1912 & 1920), a record which stood for a GB Olympic athlete until broken by Sir Steve Redgrave when he won his fifth gold medal at Sydney in 2000. He also competed at the 1924 & 1928 Games and was the first Briton to go to five Olympic Games, a record that would remain until eclipsed by fencer Bill Hoskyns in 1976. After his international aquatic career, Radmilovic ran the Imperial Hotel in Weston-super-Mare and was said to still be swimming 400m a day at the age of 78. In 1967, he was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He was the second water polo player (after American Wallace O`Connor) and the third Briton (after coach Matthew Mann and English Channel swimmer Captain Matthew Webb to be inducted. He was one of the original ten inductees to the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. To celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of Radmilovic`s 1908 double-gold Olympic performances in swimming and water polo, a plaque was placed on the Cardiff International Pool to honour him. Radmilovic died in Weston-super-Mare on 19th September 1968.
A rare silvered bronze 1936 Berlin Olympic Games participant`s medal, designed by Otto Laczek. The official report states that 20,000 medals were made by four foundries, and these can be differentiated by their colour. However, no mention is made of silvered or gilt medals, but a few such as the present example do exist. Other examples are in the personal collection of Jim Greensfelder, the noted Olympic historian.
A group of five commemorative Olympic medals and badges, comprising: i) a bronze & enamel badge for Helsinki 1952; ii) a bronze medal for Tokyo 1964; iii) an enamelled metal pin badge for Tokyo 1964; and enamelled metal plaque for Mexico City 1968; and a large silvered medal for Barcelona 1992. Provenance: The San Siro Museum, Milan.
A group of four Italian Olympic medals and badges, comprising: i) a bronze commemorative medal for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome; ii) a silvered 1960 Rome Games pin badge with Olympic Rings and Romulus & Remus; iii) a large enamelled metal F.S.I. pin badge for the Cortina 1956 Winter Olympic Games; and a gold plated medal inscribed OLIMPICO NAZIONALE ITALIANO COMITATO, the reverse depicting Zeus; sold together with two similar Italian Olympic Committee gilt-metal keyrings (6) Provenance: The San Siro Museum, Milan.
Olympic and other memorabilia relating to the equestrian career of Marion Coakes, including from the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games, a participation medal, designed by Lance Wyman, with sports pictograms divided by the Mexico Olympic emblem; an athlete`s badge for the equestrian events, inscribed MEXICO, ATLETA, and with a plastic suspension bearing a pictogram of a horse`s head; a Team Great Britain`s competitor`s badge in gilt-metal & enamel, with Olympic Rings and inscribed 1968, GB; and a set of six Team Great Britain blazer badges, in gilt-metal with Olympic Rings and inscribed GREAT BRITAIN; the lot also including a cased set of silver-gilt blazer buttons from The President`s Cup, and six other similar buttons, looses, including an example dated 1965, the inaugural year of the international equestrian team competition; together with a qty. of period b&w press photographs portraying episodes from Marion Coakes`s career. Marion Coakes won a silver medal in the individual jumping event at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico. Marion rode Stroller, one of the most famous horses in the history of show jumping. Together, victories included the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the Royal International Horse Show, the Ladies World Championship, the Hickstead Derby and the Hamburg Derby. In 1969 she married the steeplechase jockey David Mould (see lots 643 to 646).
A cased medal set from the Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos (Bolivarian Games) held in Caracas in 1951, the impressive display by E Pagani of Milan. The Bolivarian Games are held in honour of Simon Bolivar and are open to athletes from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru & Venezuela. They were first held in 1938 and this medal set is from the third Games in Caracas in 1951, where Peru topped the medals table. Provenance: The San Siro Museum, Milan.
A trio of medals won by the British Olympic athlete Bert MacDonald in the A.A.A. Championships at Stamford Bridge in 1925 and 1926, comprising two similar 15ct. gold winner`s medals by Vaughton & Sons, Birmingham, both inscribed AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP, the first further inscribed ONE MILE, CHAMPIONSHIP, STAMFORD BRIDGE, LONDON, JULT 17th & 18th 1925, B.MACDONALD, 4-18, the second inscribed 1 MILE FLAT, 1926, WINNER, both gold medals 33mm. diameter, weight 33gr.; sold together with a gold-mounted silver second-place medal, inscribed AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONSHIP, ONE MILE FLAT, CHAMPIONSHIP, 1925, SECOND. Stamford Bridge, now one of the most famous football grounds in the world, being the home of Chelsea FC, originally opened in 1877 as a stadium for the London Athletics Club and was used almost exclusively for that purpose until 1904 when the Mears family acquired the lease to be the home of the newly founded football club. Athletics, however, was still a regular feature at Stamford Bridge during the summer months including the prestigious Amateur Athletic Championship meeting. See lot 1171 for further information on Bert MacDonald.
A group of 36 badges issued to W.M. Barnard, the Hon. Treasurer of the Amateur Athletics Association, dating between circa 1909-1930, variously in white & gold metal, silver & silver-gilt, many examples with enamelling, a number suspended by ribbon and inscribed HON TREASURER or something similar, the lot including two duplicate badges for a England v France international match at Stamford Bridge in 1927, badges for away international meetings in France, a number of AAA badges, a president & vice president`s badge for the London Athletic Club; two timekeeper`s badges for London Territorial Athletic Sports, one dated 1909; two Civil Service Athletic Sports badges; two badges monogrammed TAC; a British Amateur Athletics Board badge; a wartime American & British Empire Services Sports badge dated 1918; a Portsmouth Gunnery Instructors Association badge; and a Stock Exchange Athletics Club souvenir medal for the 1914 London to Brighton walk
Memorabilia relating to Jim Taylor`s involvement in the Uxbridge & District Football League, comprising: a claret Uxbridge & District Football League representative shirt, short-sleeved, embroidered cloth badge; an Uxbridge & District Football League cloth blazer badge; an Uxbridge Football Club blazer badge; and a silver & enamel runners-up medal won by a young Jim Taylor in the Uxbridge & District Schools` Cup of 1930-31 (4)
A 10k gold medal presented by the Dominion of Canada Football Association to Jim Taylor to commemorate the F.A. Tour of Canada in 1950, inscribed, DOMINION OF CANADA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, J.TAYLOR, F.A., CANADA TOUR, 1950; sold together with a wooden model of a Totem Pole, being a souvenir of the Tour (2) For information of the Canadian Tour see lot 5.
A silver-gilt Football League Division Two Championship medal won by Jim Taylor at Fulham in season 1948-49, inscribed, THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, CHAMPIONS, DIVISION 2, J. TAYLOR, FULHAM F.C., SEASON 1948-49, in original fitted case, inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE. In an exciting race for the title, Fulham won the Second Division Championship in season 1948-49 by a single point from West Bromwich Albion who, in turn, gained promotion by ending one point clear of Southampton. Due to the shortage of gold in the immediate post-war era, the Football League presented their Championship medals in silver-gilt reverting to the normal 9ct. gold presentation when a usual supply resumed.
A silver-gilt Football League representative medal, with rose & thistle emblems and inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, REPRESENTATIVE MATCH, NEWCASTLE, MARCH 17th 1948, J.G. TAYLOR, FULHAM F.C., in original fitted case inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE; sold together with a Newcastle United dinner menu for the match, signed to the back by 18 of the English & Scottish players including the goalscorers George Young & Stan Mortensen, plus the invitation from the Newcastle Directors, and also an official Football League itinerary for the match (4) This match between the Football League and the Scottish Football League was played at St. James` Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on 17th March 1948. The game ended as a 1-1 draw, with Mortensen and Young scoring for the home and away sides respectively.
A silver-gilt Football League representative medal, with rose & thistle emblems and inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, REPRESENTATIVE MATCH, THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, VERSUS, THE SCOTTISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE, AT GLASGOW, NOV. 29th 1950, in original fitted case inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE; sold together with an official Football League itinerary for the match fully signed in ink by the FL XI Ditchburn, Robinson, Aston, Wright, Taylor, Cockburn, Hancocks, Mortensen, Lofthouse, Morris & Finney plus the two reserves Johnston & Froggatt; together with Jim Taylor`s selection letter from the Football League, and a congratulatory telegram (4) This match was played at Ibrox Park with the home team winning 1-0 through a goal by McPhail.
A silver-gilt Football League representative medal, with rose & shamrock emblems and inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, REPRESENTATIVE MATCH, THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE v THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE OF IRELAND, 4th APRIL 1951, AT DUBLIN, in original fitted case inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE For information on the Football League Eire match see lot 12.
A highly important gold winner`s medal from the inaugural Football Association Challenge Cup final of 1872, by William Joseph Taylor of London, the obverse with a band of laurel, the reverse inscribed FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION CHALLENGE CUP, 1872, diameter 24mm. The Football Association Challenge Cup is the world`s oldest competition in Association Football. The tournament was proposed by the influential sportsman and administrator Charles William Alcock (1842-1907), an old Harrovian who had joined the F.A. Committee in 1866 and was appointed Secretary of the Football Association in 1870, a position he held until 1895, before serving as Honorary Treasurer and Vice President. On 20th July 1871 Alcock tabled "that it is desirable that a Challenge Cup should be established in connection with the Association, for which all clubs belonging to the Association should be invited to compete". Alcock`s landmark idea was based on his experience of inter-house `sudden death` sporting competitions played at Harrow School. Fifteen teams entered the first competition in 1872, this being exactly half of all the clubs affiliated to the Football Association at the time. This included the Glasgow-based Scottish club Queens Park FC who, in view of the cost of travel, were given a bye until the semi-final. Alcock captained the Wanderers FC team, comprising mostly of former Old Harrovians and pupils from other public schools. Fittingly for Alcock, Wanderers progressed to the final that was played on 16th March 1872 at the Kennington Oval where Alcock also held a position as Secretary of Surrey C.C.C. Wanderers` opposition was the Royal Engineers. The game was played before a crowd estimated at 2,000 who each paid a shilling at the turnstiles. Wanderers won the toss and elected the Harleyford Road End, to play with the wind and the sun behind them. The game kicked off at 3:05pm with the Engineers starting as favourites but they were struck a blow after 10 minutes when Lieut. E.W. Creswell broke his collar-bone in a charge. Despite severe pain he refused to leave the field until the match was completed but the men from Chatham were effectively down to ten men. On fifteen minutes a goal by Wanderers` Morton Betts proved to be the decisive score. Wanderers remained on top for the rest of the game. Alcock had a goal disallowed on 20 minutes after the referee Mr A. Stair from Upton Park had spotted a handball by Wollaston. Wanderers also struck a post. The Royal Engineers created only two scoring opportunities in the match, with the Wanderers` defenders Lubbock and Thompson singled out in match reports for their "admirable and faultless kicking ... repulsing all of the attacks of the Engineers ... their work together was the great feature of the match." The Field magazine described the game as "the fastest and hardest match that has ever been seen at The Oval ... some of the best play on their [Wanderers] part, individually and collectively, that has ever been shown in an Association game. The F.A. Cup trophy, known as the `Little Tin Idol`, was presented by the President of the Football Association, Mr E.C. Morley, at the annual dinner of the Wanderers FC at the Pall Mall Restaurant, Charing Cross, on 11th April. The Committee of the Wanderers FC presented its triumphant players with an inscribed gold medal, the example offered here being the only known survival. In addition, the The Football Association gave each player in the winning team a memento in the fom of a silken badge described in the articles of the competition as being of "a trifling value". The identity of the Wanderers player awarded this medal has been lost over the passage of time. For the record, the Wanderers starting XI was R.C. Welch, E. Lubbock, A.C. Thompson, C.W. Alcock (Capt.), E.E. Bowen, A.G. Bonsor, M.P. Betts (goalscorer), W.P. Crake, T.C. Hooman, R.W.S. Vidal and C.H.R. Wollaston. The Football Association saw the first competition as a roaring success and thereby put into motion what has becoming the most enduring competition in football with a rich and romantic history, especially with the competition being open to the sport`s goliaths and minnows alike. In season 2009-10 a record 762 eligible clubs competed in the competition played over 14 rounds from August to the Wembley showpiece final in May. Momentous events in the competition`s long and colourful history are too numerous to mention here but would include Tottenham Hotspur`s unique achievement of winning the Cup in 1901 as a non-League team; the famous `White Horse` final of 1923 at the newly built Wembley Stadium; the sinister presence of the Graf Zeppelin flying low over the Stadium in 1930; the `Matthews` final of 1953; whilst in more recent times moments etched in the memory would include Charlie George`s supine goal celebration in 1971; Ricky George and Ronnie Radford`s giant-killing goals for Hereford in 1972, Jim Montgomery`s double-save and Bob Stokoe`s jig in 1973; Ricky Villa`s wonder-goal in 1981; Wimbledon`s `Crazy Gang` overcoming the mighty Liverpool in 1988; and Chasetown`s outstanding achievement of being the most lowly ranked football team (eighth tier of the English Football Pyramid) ever to reach the 3rd Round of the F.A. Cup in 2008. The Medal Maker The presentation was manufactured by William Joseph Taylor (1802-1885) a medallist, die-sinker and engraver who was born in Birmingham in 1802 and was the first to be apprenticed as a die-sinker to the Birmingham medallist Thomas Halliday in 1818. Taylor came to London in 1829 and set up his own business at 5 Porter Street, Soho. He is then recorded at 3 Litchfield Street and 33 Little Queen Street before settling in 1866 at 70 Red Lion Street in Holborn, where this medal was made in 1872. He was very entrepreneurial and even set up a workshop in Melbourne, Australia, in November 1852. Taylor`s body or work is extensive and includes a number of prize medals. In the sporting arena this extends to medals commissioned by golf clubs, and for the Melbourne Rowing Regatta. W. J. Taylor died in March 1885 and the business was carried on by his sons Theophilus and Herbert but seems to have folded by 1908, when the presses, tools and machinery was sold off. Provenance: The present vendor`s grandfather was the proprietor of a jewellery shop in the Seven Sisters Road in North London. In the 1950s the jeweller bought the medal as part of a consignment of scrap gold from house clearers. A keen football fan, he very fortunately recognised the importance of the medal which saved it from its intended destination of the melting pot. Grandfather`s F.A. Cup winner`s medal then became a proud and cherished family heirloom which eventually passed to his grandson, the present vendor.
A 9ct. gold Western League Tournament medal awarded to G. Brown of Eastville Rovers FC [later Bristol Rovers] in season 1895-6, inscribed THE WESTERN LEAGUE, TOURNAMENT, 1895-6, G BROWN, WINNERS, EASTVILLE ROVERS F.C. The origins of Bristol Rovers FC can be traced back to a meeting in Stapleton Road, Eastville, in 1883. For their first season they played under the name of Black Arabs, owing to their black shirts. In their second season they renamed themselves as Eastville Rovers and won their first honour in 1888-89, lifting the Gloucestershire Senior Cup. At the time the present medal was awarded Rovers were playing in the Western League and shortly afterwards in 1897 the club adopted professionalism and from season 1898-99 finally became known as Bristol Rovers FC. Like many clubs, Bristol Rovers entered the Football League in season 1919-20 when the League expanded creating a Third Division with southern and northern sections.
A 9ct. gold 1897 F.A. Amateur Cup winner`s medal, by Vaughton & Sons, Birmingham, 1896-97, the obverse inscribed THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION AMATEUR CUP, the reverse inscribed WINNERS. Although the medal in uninscribed with the details of the winners, the Birmingham Assay Office date letter on the medal ran from June 1896 to June 1897. This therefore informs us that the medal must have been presented to the winning team in season 1896-97, namely Old Carthusians FC who beat Stockton 4-1 in a replay at Feethams Football Ground in Darlington. The final at Tufnell Park in London had ended as a 1-1 draw after extra-time. This was Old Carthusians second success in the F.A. Amateur Cup, having won the trophy in its inaugural season of 1893-94. It would also prove their final winning appearance. The club, whose players consisted of former pupils of Charterhouse School, had also won the F.A. Cup in 1881. Nine Old Carthusians were also capped for England at full international level including the Walters brothers, Arthur Melmoth and Percy Melmoth who for obvious reasons were nicknamed "morning" and "afternoon".
A 1922 Polish Football Championship medal won by L.K.S. Pogon Lwow, in gilt-metal, the reverse inscribed 15-LECIE, L.K.S. POGON, 24 VII 1922. L.K.S. Pogon Lwow is a former professional sports club which was located in Lwow, now part of modern day Ukraine. The club ceased to exist after the outbreak of World War II. 1922 saw the beginning of a golden era for the club when they were crowned national champions having defeated the champions of northern Poland Warta Warszawa 5-4 on aggregate. They them proceed to retain their title until 1926, except for in 1924 when no championship was held because of the Olympic Games.
A 9ct. gold & enamel 1934 Football League Third Division South Cup winner`s medal, hallmarked Birmingham, 1934, inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE CHALLENGE CUP COMPETITION, THIRD DIVISION, SOUTHERN SECTION. 1934 was the inaugural year of the Football League Division Three South Cup. It was held annually until football was suspended during World War II, and never revived. The first winner`s of the competition were Exeter City who defeated local rivals Torquay 1-0 in the final played at Plymouth. Their route to the final saw victories over Crystal Palace 11-6, Watford 4-2, Coventry 1-0 and Brighton 4-3 in a replay.
A 9ct. gold medal presented by Erith & Belvedere FC to their player R. Leonard to commemorate reaching the F.A. Amateur Cup final in 1938, inscribed F.A. AMATEUR CUP COMPETITION, 1937-38, ERITH & BELVEDERE F.C., R. LEONARD, in original case of issue; sold together with three match programmes, the 1938 F.A. Amateur Cup final tie v Bromley at The Den 23rd April 1938, Erith & Belvedere`s semi-final tie v Romford played at Clapton Orient 2nd April 1938 and the subsequent replay played at Crystal Palace 9th April (4) Erith & Belvedere were defeated 1-0 by Bromley in the 1938 F.A. Amateur Cup final played at The Den. Erith`s path to the final was long as they had to play through qualifying rounds. The final tie was their 13th match. R. Leonard played in the first semi-final during which he picked up an injury that would finish his season. Having been a part of the team along its long road to the final, it would appear that the Football Club presented him with this gold commemorative medal.
A silver & enamel England v Germany football medal, hallmarked Birmingham, 1937, the obverse with enamelled British & German flags beneath a football scene. With a hallmark of 1937, it is possible that this medal was made as a commemorative for the forthcoming fixture in Berlin in May 1938, the infamous game in which the English team were required to make the Nazi Salute before the match.
A 9ct. gold medal presented by Vera Lynn for a `Battle of Britain` commemorative football match played at West Ham United 17th September 1947, the obverse inscribed WEST HAM, the reverse inscribed INTERNATIONAL XI V R.A.F. XI, AT WEST HAM, PRESENTED BY VERA LYNN, IN COMMEMORATION OF "BATTLE OF BRITAIN", SEPT. 17th 1947
Ralph Banks` 1953 F.A. Cup runners-up medal, inscribed THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, CHALLENGE CUP, RUNNERS-UP, in original case Ralph Banks was on the Bolton Wanderers losing side in the famous 4-3 loss to Blackpool in the 1953 "Matthews Cup Final." As left-back, Banks had the unenviable job of trying to stop Matthews` mesmerising wing play at Wembley. Ralph Banks (1920-1993) played 104 times for Bolton Wanderers between 1940 and 1954, a total that would of been far higher but for the abandonment of League Football during the Second World War. Ralph`s younger brother Tommy Banks (born 1929) also played for Bolton and was a member of Bolton`s Cup winning team of 1958 and won six England caps.
A silver & enamel medal for the 1956 South American Championship held in Uruguay, by Geronimo Tammaro of Montevideo, rectangular, the obverse with enamelled national flags of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru & Uruguay, a footballing scene with Tower of Homage beyond and inscribed CAMPEONATO SUDAMERICANO EXTRA, the reverse inscribed ASOCIACION URUGUAYA DE FOOTBALL 50 o ANIVERSARIO, MONTEVIDEO, ENERO-FEBRERO-1956, in original paper box of issue. The tournament was won by the hosts Uruguay, with Chile finishing runners-up and Argentina in third.
A collection of 17 miscellaneous commemorative football medals and coins, some cased, comprising: Football Association issues for their 125th anniversary, England v Israel 20.8.1988, the England Challenge 1991, two for Euro `96, and one uninscribed; together with club issues for Arsenal (1971 double winning season), Bolton Wanderers (details of honours 1923 to 1976), Manchester United (1968 European Cup), Coventry City (League achievements 1964 & 1967) and Anderlecht (75th anniversary); the lot also including issues for the 1980 European Championships, the Umbro U-21 Cup of Toulon, a Hungarian coin for the 1986 World Cup, an Austrian coin for Euro `96, and two identical Sydney 2000 Olympic football coins; the lot also including a non-football specific medal commemorating the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo (18)
Paolo Rossi`s blue Italy No.21 jersey worn in the match v West Germany at the 1978 World Cup, long-sleeved. This match was played at the Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, 14th June 1978. It was a Second Round Group A game and ended 0-0. At the end of the match Rossi swapped his jersey with Berti Vogts who, in turn gifted the jersey to the current vendor who was working at the Sommerberg Hotel in Baden-Baden during the summer of 1978, where Vogts was receiving treatment to a knee injury at a nearby spa. Rossi had a good tournament scoring three goals and helping Italy finish in 4th place. Four years later, Rossi was the great star of the World Cup and was the top goalscorer in the tournament, voted `best player` and won a winner`s medal.
RODS (2): Hardy The No3 L R H spinning rod, 9`6" 2 piece Palakona No.E68258, low bridge agate guides butt ring loose, bronze ferrule, fixed screw reel fitting, good and Hardy The Gold Medal 10`6" 3 piece plus stare tip Palakona No H18668 fly rod, red close whipped, bronze ferrules, cork handle, some whips replaced both in MOB.
A group of four World War I medals, a George V Military Medal to 88543 Bmbr: S. Hill D.106/Bde: R.F.A. and a Victory Medal, British War Medal and 1914-15 Star to 88543 Cpl. S. Hill R.F.A. , note the 1914-15 Star is numbered 88543 and named Cpl.G.Hill and a World War I Victory Medal to 79880 Cpl.R.Hill R.F.A.
MEDALS A small collection of large medals, one for the Olympic Games with Olympia and Zeus on the front and Greek Inscription 1896 on the reverse made of gold coloured metal, a smaller metal medal from the 1961 Sport Summer Festival in Essen Germany , plus 3 Volkswanderung metal medallions (Large, 1978,79 and 81 + a small pin badge for the Moscow Olympics. Metal Olympics pin badges from Taiwan and Japan 1988 are also included
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY COIN CABINET, the interior of the upper half fitted an arrangement of over one hundred slides with labelled panels and brass knobs, the projecting lower half with pull out slide and fitted drawers with inset brass handles, all enclosed by four panel doors with Chubb`s patent locks, 40 1/2" wide x 26" deep x 68" high (see illustration). Note: This cabinet bears a label dated 1895 and inscribed `John Turton, Cabinet Manufacturer, 8 Tower Street, London Fields, Hackney, N.E., Coin, Medal, Mineral & Entomological Cabinets of Every Description Made to Order`.
A cased silver mounted Spode china coffee service, the mounts Birmingham 1928-1932, comprising six saucers and six cups; together with a German silver coloured chatelaine, post 1886 marks; an Art Deco ashtray by Lanson Ltd, Birmingham 1938; and two brooches and a papal medal for pope Pius IX. Giovanni Mastai-Ferretti (1846–1878)
Loading...
![A 9ct. gold Western League Tournament medal awarded to G. Brown of Eastville Rovers FC [later Bristol Rovers] in season 1895-](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/34622/2801732/67-20101015123138_468x382.jpg)
