The silver-gilt Lonsdale Belt for the Lightweight Championship of Great Britain won outright by Dave Charnley in 1963, hallmarked Mappin & Webb, Sheff

The silver-gilt Lonsdale Belt for the Lightweight Championship of Great Britain won outright by Dave Charnley in 1963, hallmarked Mappin & Webb, Sheffield, 1956, the central oval panel enamelled with a portrait of Lord Lonsdale surrounded by inscriptions reading LORD LONSDALE CHALLENGE BELT, FIRST PRESIDENT, THE BRITISH BOXING BOARD OF CONTROL (1929), LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF GREAT BRITAIN, PROFESSIONAL BOXING, the belt decorated with four national emblematic panels bearing a rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock, and two small enamelled panels depicting boxing matches and four rectangular panels, one blank, the others inscribed i) HARRINGAY ARENA, 9TH APRIL 1957, JOE LUCY V DAVE CHARNLEY, WON BY DAVE CHARNLEY (IN 15 RDS), ii) THE RINK, NOTTINGHAM, 20TH NOVEMBER 1961, DAVE CHARNLEY V DAVID HUGHES, WON BY DAVE CHARNLEY (IN 1 ROUND), iii) BELLE VUE, MANCHESTER, 20TH MAY 1963, DAVE CHARNLEY V MAURICE CULLEN, WON BY DAVE CHARNLEY (IN 15 ROUNDS), the reverse of the central panel inscribed THIS BELT IS THE SOLE PROPERTY OF DAVE CHARNLEY , WHO HAS WON THE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF GREAT BRITAIN THREE TIMES, in original Mappin & Webb fitted case, 81.5cm., 32in. Dave Charnley was born at Dartford 10th October 1935. He is considered to have been one of the greatest British boxers of all time in his weight division. Known as the Dartford Destroyer, the left-handed Charnley career spanned 1954 to 1964 and was the undefeated British lightweight champion. He also won Commonwealth and European championship titles. His arch rival was Joe 'Old Bones' Brown whom he challenged twice for the World Title but was defeated on both occasions.