A 15ct. gold medal issued to Halifax R.F.C.'s G. Millar to commemorate the club's 1886 victory in the Yorkshire Challenge Cup, the obverse cast with an image of the Yorkshire Cup trophy and inscribed 1886, Halifax Football Club, the reverse inscribed YORKSHIRE CHALLENGE CUP, G. MILLAR, 1886, also later engraved AND 1888, rugby ball beneath ring suspension Originally issued in 1886, Millar's medal was further inscribed when Halifax won the Cup again in 1888.
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Sporting Memorabilia
2:00 AM PT - May 8th, 2008
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Graham Budd Auctions Ltd
PO Box 47519
London, N14 6XD
London, N14 6XD
