Now for something a little different!
A visitor to the website has sent us a puzzle. He has a silver medallion with the word Geddington on it, so naturally sent it to Geddington’s website to see if anyone can identify it.
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Actually, it might not be Geddington as only the letters GEDD are shown, but it’s worth asking the village .
There are two images – front and back (or to be numismatically correct – obverse and reverse) and as you can see, it is not much bigger than a 20p piece. The engraved letters read, from the top:
USHER
(it might have another letter in front, but it is worn at that point,
B’HAM
WINNERS
GEDD & D.V.C.L.
1930
At the bottom, the engraving is: C.U. followed by an assay mark – the middle mark is a Lion, denoting silver, but the other two marks are illegible.
The obverse side shows a copper-coloured shield, surrounded by a belt and buckle, topped with a crown.
It’s been mounted on a key-ring, although it is not known if this was the original idea.
If you have any information, please get in touch with us via our email, which is: editor@geddington.net, and I’ll pass the information on to our enquirer.
David Brown
Fri 20th Jan 2017 at 8:50 pm
Usher B’ham is the makers mark, if they are still in existence they may have records. To me it could be “Geddington and District……..”? Worth a few hours on the net over the weekend, I’ll talk to my father who was village born and bred in the 30’s
David Brown
David Brown
Fri 20th Jan 2017 at 9:17 pm
And here is the ‘CU’ next to the hallmarks
C.U without contour or into a rectangle
Reuben Percival Usher trading as The Usher Manufacturing Co,
manufacturing jewellers and silversmiths, Vittoria Works, 32/34 Vittoria Street, Birmingham
David Brown
David Brown
Fri 20th Jan 2017 at 9:38 pm
The hallmark on the left should be an anchor (Birmingham) and on the right appears to be ‘E’ which is 1929-1930
Hazel
Fri 20th Jan 2017 at 10:03 pm
Having looked online it would seem that the silver is by Charles Usher of Birmingham. Is the third letter of D V C L a ‘C’ or another letter?
Pam
Fri 20th Jan 2017 at 11:07 pm
Wow! Thanks for all your responses, I’ll certainly pass them on.
Pam
Melvyn Hopkins
Fri 27th Jan 2017 at 9:30 am
I think that GEDD & D.V.C.L. could be Geddington & District Village Cricket League
Melvyn Hopkins
Sat 28th Jan 2017 at 11:11 am
I am now certain that this medal was given to players of the winning team of the Geddington & District Village Cricket League. Geddington players all received medals when they won the League in 1934 but I don’t know who won in 1930