The Central Football League, a gold and enamel League Winners award badge by Fattorini, arms, rev. cfc monogram, engraved (Huddersfield Town 1914-15), hallmarked Birmingham 1914, 32mm, 9ct, 19.97g. Extremely fine and very rare; with clip and ring for suspension £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals of Yorkshire from the Collection Formed by the Late Richard Law.

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Provenance: Bt Spink June 2008.

Formed in 1911, when the champions were Lincoln City, the Central League originally consisted of a mixture of Football League club reserve teams and other clubs' first teams. When the Football League formed a Third Division North in 1921, all the first teams playing in the Central League were elected to that, and since then the Central League has consisted solely of reserve teams