The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Medals and Militaria

Public Schools Veterans Challenge Trophy, Wimbledon, a large and heavy silver medal [by Elkington & Co], impressed (Won by Eton, 14 July 1898, C.L. Longstaff), rev. impressed with names of team scorers (Captain, Earl Waldegrave; Pte. S.A. Pixley; Corp. N. Somers-Lewis; Lieut. T. Ranken; Lieut. C.L. Longstaff; Lieut.-Col. R.M. McKerrell), thick wreath border inscribed with names of schools, 68mm, 219.10g, extremely fine and very rare £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Medals and Militaria.

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Provenance:

Bt C. Eimer November 1989.

The Trophy, first awarded on 16 July 1878, was competed for between Eton, Harrow, Marlborough, Rossall, Rugby, Winchester, Charterhouse, Cheltenham, Derby, Clifton, Glenalmond, Dulwich and Whitgift schools. After 1895 the competition was opened up to include Malvern, Haileybury, Wellington, Bradfield, Felsted, Highgate, Berkhamsted, Eastbourne, Uppingham and Repton. Similar medals for the competitions in 1890 and 1899 were sold last year (DNW Coin Auction 49, 21 March 2001, lot 1082).

The recipient was Cedric Llewellyn Longstaff, CBE, TD (1876-1950), of Lichfield, who commanded the Volunteer Services Co, E Surrey Regt, in South Africa (QSA with 5 clasps), served in WWI as a Capt, then Major, 6th N Staffs Regt, and became Hon Colonel of the 7th N Staffs Regt. Further biographical detail is sold with the lots