Beautiful Victorian Eng v Scot Badge

[littlewiggy]

Noticed this beauty on eBay last night whilst having an idle browse, should realise a nice price surely ...

(wish I had the wedge to buy him, sadly it'll be well out of my reach)


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2726.....EBIDX%3AIT
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[littlewiggy]

Another early "match badge" on eBay, and another beauty, this time it's Swindon v Newcastle from 1910 ...


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3225.....EBIDX%3AIT
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[sydenham hill]

littlewiggy wrote:

Noticed this beauty on eBay last night whilst having an idle browse, should realise a nice price surely ... (wish I had the wedge to buy him, sadly it'll be well out of my reach) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2726.....EBIDX%3AIT

He also had a similar badge from the 1901 F A Cup final, which I managed to get.
These badges were worn by F A Officials and Councillors, they always had the date on them and in most cases the colours of the badge matched the two competing teams.

[littlewiggy]

They're wonderful items, you're very lucky to own one or two of those Sydenham.

Please post some pics up if you have any so we can admire it / them mate.

I was amazed that the one I posted a link to only went for £155 - seems utterly obscene really when you see fairly modern Golly badges going for more than that.

That Swindon (v Newcastle) cup-semi badge from 1910 I posted below it a day or so ago was played at Spurs, so that might appeal to their collectors too.
Another gorgeous badge.
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[sydenham hill]

Hi Littlewiggy

Here`s a pic of the 1901 Councillors badge, I used to own a few of these from different seasons but have now started to sell off a lot of my collection, I am now just concentrating on the Cup Final from 1901, I am getting involved with Tottenham`s new museum, and will probably lend my 1901 stuff to them. The England v Scotland badge went really cheaply, a few years ago these badges were selling for between 3/4 hundred pound each.

[littlewiggy]

Wow, what a lovely item!!

I think I prefer that one to the Eng / Scot badge.
Stunning mate.
That'll grace the museum for sure, thanks for sharing.


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[sydenham hill]

No problem, I agree, the design is a little bit boring, but the most important thing is that it was probably on someone`s lapel when the match took place in front of 114 thousand spectators at the Crystal Palace and probably was worn to the replay at Burnden Park a week later as well.

[littlewiggy]

I love the simplicity of it, that intricately woven "FA" is fabulous.

Worth a lot more than the other one too I shouldn't doubt, as club stuff is always more desirable than International isn't it, and club stuff doesn't come any better than a surviving committee / directors' badge from the final when a non league team won the FA Cup for the only time.

Wonderful piece of history mate.
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[sydenham hill]

Now just wondering if there are any stewards badges from the 1901 final out there, I do have one from the 1903 Final, so stewards must have worn badges in this final as well. I have never seen one and probably never will.
My holy grail now from this final are the In Memoriam cards that were produced, probably in quite large numbers but I can`t get hold of one, if someone does have one please name your price.

[littlewiggy]

sydenham hill wrote:

Now just wondering if there are any stewards badges from the 1901 final out there, I do have one from the 1903 Final, so stewards must have worn badges in this final as well. I have never seen one and probably never will. My holy grail now from this final are the In Memoriam cards that were produced, probably in quite large numbers but I can`t get hold of one, if someone does have one please name your price.

I don't recall seeing one for 1901, but there are a couple of Steward Badge collectors on here, they might be able to possibly advise.
Might be an idea to start a new thread about it to get it noticed buddy?

There doesn't seem to be a definitive list of Steward Badges issued, there are several pics of badges on this thread, but difficult to see which years they are ...


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