Edwardian 9K Gold Londonderry Schools Cup Fob Medal 1915 c. 1915 Whether pinned to a lapel

Whether pinned to a lapel or tucked into a collection

unmistakably devoted

that is the feeling one gets when encountering an antique bloodstone intaglio ring like this

during the 18th and 19th centuries

Edwardian 9K Gold Londonderry Schools Cup Fob Medal 1915 c. 1915 Whether pinned to a lapelThere is something deeply evocative about old sporting fobs and school medals, little pieces of history carried in the pocket or worn proudly on a watch chain by boys who could never have imagined their keepsakes surviving more than a century. This example has a wonderful warmth to it, engraved with swirling foliate decoration surrounding an ornate script L, all framed by the words Londonderry Schools Cup and dated 1916. One cannot help but think