A group of six medals won by William Love of Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers, comprising a 9ct. gold Glasgow F.A. Challenge Cup winner's medal for 1891;
£500 - £700
A group of six medals won by William Love of Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers, comprising a 9ct. gold Glasgow F.A. Challenge Cup winner's medal for 1891; a 9ct. gold & enamel Glasgow Charity Cup winner's medal for 1890, a gold Edinburgh International Exhibition Football Contest medal dated 1890; and three other medals, two in gold the other in silver, for the Renfrewshire F.A. Victoria Cup 1897-98, the Ambulance Challenge Cup in 1895 and another dated 1889 for St. B. F.C. William Love was the centre-half for Third Lanark Rifle Volunteers F.C. The Volunteers were one of the original sixteen teams that took part in the inaugural Scottish F.A. Cup. in 1873. They were the forerunners of The Third Lanark F.C. who became founder members of the Scottish League in 1890-91.