British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer

Athletics, A[mateur] A[thletic] A[ssociation], Midland Counties Championship, a silver award medal by Vaughton, shield in trilobe, rev. wreath, named (1957 Marathon, Second, T.H. Buckingham, 2h 36m 21s), hallmarked Birmingham 1955, 32mm (cf. DNW 52, 570); Lozells Harriers, enamel award medals (2), in silver and gold, stag’s head and gate, revs. wreath, named (silver: 1st, 1 Mile Relay, A.E. Austin; gold: Presented to A.E. Austin for Services Rendered as Secretary from 1922-1925), hallmarked fha&co Birmingham 1921 and 1924, both 32mm, gold 9ct, 14.38g; Midland Counties Cross Country Assoc[iatio]n, a silver and enamel badge by Vaughton, runner hurdling a gate, 1927 engraved below, back named (Senior Championship, 3rd Team, Sparkhill H., E. Storer), hallmarked Birmingham 1926, 40 x 32mm; Midland Counties Cross Country Association, a silver-gilt award medal by Vaughton, athlete running left, rev. wreath, named (1935, Everill Cup, Winning Team, L. Armstrong), hallmarked Birmingham 1935, 29mm; Northampton Amateur Athletic Club, a gold badge by Vaughton in the shape of a Maltese Cross, arms, back named (Club Championship Gymnastics, 1896, W. Parker), hallmarked Birmingham 1895, 40 x 34mm, 9ct, 19.87g; Nottingham to Birmingham Walk, a silver award medal by Fattorini for the Sunday Mercury, athlete walking left, rev. legend, named (E.H. Thomas, 1936), hallmarked Birmingham 1936, 32mm; Tipton Harriers, a silver award medal by Fattorini, greyhound leaping left, rev. wreath, named (7 Miles Handicap, 1936, Third, L. Armstrong), 29mm [8]. Northampton fine, others generally very fine; all except first with clips and rings for suspension (£70-90)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer.

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Provenance:
Sixth DNW Auction 48, 30 November 2000, lot 969 (part).

W. Parker was a noted gymnast who later participated as a judge in the 1924 Olympic Games, Paris. Obverses of third and last only illustrated