1983 F.I.M. World Long Track Speedway Championship Gold Medal won by Shawn Moran, sliver gilt featuring a relief F.I.M. crest with lettering in blue e
£600 - £800
1983 F.I.M. World Long Track Speedway Championship Gold Medal won by Shawn Moran, sliver gilt featuring a relief F.I.M. crest with lettering in blue enamel, the reverse stamped PISTES LONGUES 1er. within radial relief lettering CHAMPIONNAT DU MONDE-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, the coloured ribbon with 1983 set in gold lettering, as presented at Marienbad in Czechoslovakia, diameter 5cm., 2in., 925 assay marks, maker Huguenin of Switzerland; sold with his 2nd place trophy awarded at the World Long Track Semi-Final held at Scheessel in Germany prior to the World Final, a gilt metal goblet on a fixed wooden base, height 23cm., 9in., plus a DVD of his World Final winning races and medal presentation as screened by ITV's World of Sport (3) 1980s speedway star Shawn Moran is still the only United States rider to take this particular World title, which he reportedly did whilst nursing a broken leg. The lot was a personal gift to the vendor.