British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes

HAMPSHIRE, Bisley, National Rifle Association, Life Member’s Pass, 1905, bone, bowman and rifleman standing, rev. legend, named (A. Maunder Esq) 45mm, 8.90g (cf. W 1508). Very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £100-£150

Alexander Elsdon Maunder (1861-1932), Palmers Green, London, a member of the winning clay pigeon shooting team at the 1908 Olympic Games, also won a bronze medal at the same Games in the individual clay pigeon shooting event. At the 1912 Olympic Games he won a silver medal as a member of the clay pigeon shooting team. Selected to shoot for England at the 1924 Olympic Games and then aged 63, he withdrew from the competition to give a younger contestant a chance.