Lot
507
Lot 507
A 1923 boxing belt for the 10 Stone Midland Championship wit...
Hammer
£700
A 1923 boxing belt for the 10 Stone Midland Championship with coloured enamelled depicting two boxers in a bout, cartouche gilt metal and Tudor rose mounts on a blue felt adjustable band, awarded to Tom Whitehouse 'The Tipton Tornado', with a folder of history about Tom Whitehouse compiling various facsimile cuttings etc listing a complete history of the fighter.
NB - Tom Whitehouse was born at Eve Hill, Dudley but was better known for his Tipton connections through the Doughty Arms. He began in 1913 finishing in the late 1920s losing only 16 bouts of 298 in his career.
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Some past cleaning and loss of gilt to the mounts , felt is faded due to time
No hallmark so suspect metal, not tested
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