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№ 722

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18 June 2020

Hammer Price:
£420

Grand Western Archery Society Championship Medal, silver, in the form of large silver brooch badge with silver arrow upon which are mounted the initials ‘G W’, from which are suspended two clasps, for ‘Sarum 1876’ and ‘Teignmouth 1877’, good very fine, rare £60-£80

The Grand Western Archery Society Championship Medals were awarded at the annual Grand Western Archery Meeting, first held in 1861. A Miss E. F. Pinckney, of South Wiltshire Archers, is recorded as having won the 1876 event at Salisbury, and the 1877 event at Teignmouth.

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