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← Sporting Memorabilia 4th & 5th November 2013

A rare member's badge for the very first season of racing at Gatwick in 1891, horse shoe shaped, bronze, with applied silver lettering G A T W I C K,

Hammer Price:
£250
Estimated Price:

£350 - £450

A rare member's badge for the very first season of racing at Gatwick in 1891, horse shoe shaped, bronze, with applied silver lettering G A T W I C K, 1891, the reverse numbered 384, evidence to the reverse that the badge was once stuck down; sold together with a rare member's badges for the first full year of racing at Kempton Park in 1879, in bronze, numbered 722, central K, hollow centre, the band inscribed KEMPTON PARK CLUB 1879 (2) Kempton Park opened their gates for the first meeting half way through the flat season on 18th July 1878.