Football League representative medal awarded to Blackburn Rovers' Arthur Rigby for the match v the Scottish F.L. at Villa Park 7th November 1928, in
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Football League representative medal awarded to Blackburn Rovers' Arthur Rigby for the match v the Scottish F.L. at Villa Park 7th November 1928, in 9ct. gold (17gr.), the obverse inscribed THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, ENGLAND v SCOTLAND Bidders please note the reverse of the medal has had the original engraving removed and replaced with an inscription of unknown meaning, BLACKPOOL 18 : 3: 1929-30, G. WOLF. The medal, however, remained in the Rigby family so must have some family connection. The Football League won this match 2-1. Arthur Rigby (Blackburn Rovers, Everton and England). Lots 623 to 632. Provenance: Consigned from the Bryan Horsnell Collection (lots 587 to 804).