Posted 2 years ago
SooleyMac
(4 items)
This seems pretty self explanatory. Found this on sale in an airport on my last visit to my home country. Emailed HGC but no response in nearly 6 years ????????????????.
Golf medal from Hampstead Golf Club | ||
| Medals Pins and Badges52 of 1592 |  |  |
SooleyMac, Too bad about the no response from the HGC, but I've had a similar problem with the Rosenthal Porzellanikon museum. :-(
https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/P._Vaughton_and_Sons
Here's a HGC medal similar to yours, except that it's described as "bronze," and it doesn't have a H&S hallmark:
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Hampstead Golf Club (est. 1893) bronze medal – with embossed figure of a golfer on the obverse and Hampstead Golf Club on the reverse – in original makers Vaughton & Son leather and gilt box. Note: When Golf was banned on Hampstead Heath during Victoria reign “because it was a menace to other users” - a small group of enthusiastic golfers in 1893 decided to create a proper golf course named Hampstead Golf Club and the laying out of its nine holes at that time was no mean feat for a membership which reached 125 within 12 months and has over 500 members today – one of the few golf clubs which didn’t get tempted by developers. Note From The David Easby Estate
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https://www.mullocksauctions.co.uk/lot-758023-hampstead_golf_club_est_1893_bronze_medal.html?p=52