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Collections - Medals

Sports Medal - Football

 

 
Football medal, to Private James Curl, number 7045, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Macedonia, 1918, Winners Brigade and Division League
Accession Number: KO3111/01

 
Sports Medal, Burma Athletic Association, Rangoon, Rugby Football Challenge Cup, Won by J Bamford, 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment.
Hallmarked Silver, Birmingham, 1919
Accession Number: KO2976/05

 
Sports Medal Football Medal, Madras District Tournament, 1938 awarded to Corporal Joseph Farghar.
Front: Footballers
Rear: “Madras District Tournament 1938”
Accession Number: KO1750/14

 
Sports Medal, Football, King’s Own Royal Regiment, Chancellor Cup, 1930-31, to Private Atherton
Stated to have been won by the King’s Own after a match between the King’s Own and Royal Horse Artillery. The Chancellor Cup appears to have been awarded to troops in Palestine.
Possibly Private George Albert Atherton, number 3708337, of the 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment. Enlisted 1927. Listed as discharged in 1939, but transferred to Army Reserve 23 Dec 1934.
Accession Number: KO3074/62

 
Sports Medal Football, Awarded to Sergeant Joseph Farghar, 1st Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment, 1939
Front: ‘MUC Football Runners Up 1939 Diamond Jubilee’
Rear: “By M R Gupta”
Silver, marked ‘Silver’ with ribbon. Likely to have been manufactured in India.
Accession Number: KO1750/19

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