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.