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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 666

A Selection of Sandown Park Members' Badges
'Sandown Park Club 1878', oval badge, gilt, reverse embossed 'Members Ten Guinea Pass' and numbered '382'
'Sandown Park Club 1881', circular skeletal badge, gilt, reverse numbered '445'
'Sandown 1882', star shaped badge, gilt, reverse numbered '197'
'Sandown 1883', circular badge, gilt, reverse numbered '67'
'Sandown 1886', 'Eclipse' in centre, circular skeletal badge with crown suspension, gilt and enamel, reverse numbered '1561'
'S 1889', circular skeletal badge, gilt and enamel, reverse numbered '2100'
'Sandown Park Club 1890', oval skeletal badge, gilt and enamel, reverse numbered '1594'
'Sandown Park Club 1891', oval skeletal badge, gilt and enamel, reverse numbered '2402'; undated, Maltese cross with wreath shaped badge with crown suspension, gilt and enamel, reverse numbered '1430', with top riband bar, generally good very fine, with various ribands and cords, the last five all by H. Lewis, Bond Street, London (9)

Sandown Park Racecourse, near Esher, Surrey, opened in 1875. It hosts one Group One flat race each year, the Eclipse Stakes, first run in 1886, and commemorated on the Members' Badge for that year. At the time it was Britain's richest ever race, with a prize fund of £10,000.

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