A racing plate worn by HM King Edward VII's 'Minoru' in the 1909 Derby, mounted on a red velvet lined backboard with a name plaque and royal coat of arms badge within a frame, the reverse pasted with a signed letter of provenance from Charles Todd R.S.S., shoeing smith and plater by appointment to His Majesty The King, dated June 1909 reading: 'This plate is one of the plates worn by King Edward The Seventh's bay colt Minoru when he won the Epsom Derby of 1909', additionally pasted with a press cutting illustration, 22cm., 8 3/4in. square
Hammer:
£1,000
Estimate:
£1,500 - £2,500
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A racing plate worn by HM King Edward VII's 'Minoru' in the 1909 Derby, mounted on a red velvet lined backboard with a name plaque and royal coat of arms badge within a frame, the reverse pasted with a signed letter of provenance from Charles Todd R.S.S., shoeing smith and plater by appointment to His Majesty The King, dated June 1909 reading: 'This plate is one of the plates worn by King Edward The Seventh's bay colt Minoru when he won the Epsom Derby of 1909', additionally pasted with a press cutting illustration, 22cm., 8 3/4in. square