Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1313

.

19 March 2003

Estimate: £50–£60

School Medals, Newstead School, award medals (8), in silver (5), for 1 Mile, 440 Yards, 100 Yards, Long Jump and Throwing Cricket Ball, last engraved (Ninian Fox, 1932); bronze second prize medals (3), 440 Yards, engraved (Ninian Fox, 1932), 100 Yards and Throwing Cricket Ball, all 31mm [8]. Mint state, all in cases; all believed won by Ninian Fox (£50-60)

Newstead, a public school, was closed in July 1937 and its pupils transferred to Melrose School