Jewellery, Watches, Antiquities and Objects of Vertu

Sporting Interest: A 9ct gold Salford Harriers Club medallion, the lozenge-shaped medallion with scroll detail and central ‘SH’ monogram, inscribed around the edge ‘Salford Harriers Club, 1905’, hallmarked for Birmingham, 1905 and bearing maker’s mark ‘V&S’, in fitted case, the tooled red leather exterior signed ‘Salford Harriers, 1905’, the red silk interior signed ‘Vaughton Gothic Works, Livery St, Birmingham, Contractors to His Majesty’s Government’, pendant length, including suspensory loop, 51.5mm. £150-£200

The Salford Harriers Club was formed in March 1884 as a Cross Country Running club, and is still active today as a large Athletics club. Notable early successes for the club included Alfred Ernest Tysoe, who won the 800m the the Paris Olympics in 1900, only the second Briton to win a gold medal in Athletics, and Ben Jones, who won two gold and a silver medal in cycling in the 1908 Olympics held at White City in London - still the record medal haul for a British cyclist.