Mark Hannam from Fieldings Auctioneers with a rare football medal dating 1894/95

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The 9ct gold runners up medal was awarded to Jack Banks for the Challenge Cup final 1894/95, between Aston Villa and West Bromwich Albion. The estimate is $4000-£6000.

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00:00Enter for sale at Fielding's auctioneers in Stourbridge on the 17th of July this year

00:05is this amazing nine-carat gold football medal that was won by Jack Banks in the 1895 Challenge Cup

00:13playing left wing from West Bromwich Albion against Aston Villa.

00:18Aston Villa went on to win the game 1-0 so this is what we know as a runners-up medal.

00:23However, the travesty surrounds this particular medal because the Challenge Cup as it was known then

00:28was then taken to Newtown Row in Birmingham where it was stolen next day and never recovered.

00:34The estimate for this particular medal is at £4,000 to £6,000 and as a discerning collector

00:40it could be yours to prize your home collection for a West Bromwich Albion fan.

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