Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Welsh Rugby Football Union Triple Crown Winner’s Medal, gold (9ct, 15.55g) and enamel, the obverse with Welsh dragon at centre, ‘Welsh Football Union’ around, with ‘Triple Crowns’ above and Prince of Wales’s feathers below, the reverse engraved ‘Triple Victory W. Joseph. 1902’, minor enamel damage, generally very fine £400-£500

Will Joseph (1877-1959) was a Welsh international rugby union player, who was part of the Welsh ‘Triple Crown’ winning team in the 1902 Home Nations Championship (the precursor to today’s 6 Nations Championship), that beat England 9-8 (in which match he made his international debut); Scotland 14-5; and Ireland 15-0. A prop-forward who played his club rugby for Swansea, he won 16 international caps, and was part of the Welsh team that famously beat the All Blacks 3-0 at the Cardiff Arms Park in 1905.