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MD019

Item

Object ID

MD019

Type

Medal

Rights Holder

CIC

Provenance

D T Bassett

Season

1929

Description

School medal, caste brass in presentation box. Medal: 2 in. (5cm) diameter. Laurel border round circumference. Scroll at top with “Bono Cum Animo” ('Courage and Faith') legend within. “Holyrood School, Bognor Senior 440 Yards 1929 D.J. Bassett” Reverse shows ‘victory’ figurine holding palm branch and laurels. Presentation case: L.J. Wade Jeweller Bognor.

Info

This medal for the 440 yards sprint was awarded to D J 'Jack' Bassett while he attended Holyrood School, Bognor in 1929. Jack later played for the Swansea RFC 1st & 2nd XV (1933-35). A promising athlete, Jack joined the R.A.F. in 1938 and sadly was killed along with the rest of his crew in a training accident when flying a Wellington Bomber on 10th September 1941. This memento of his sporting career and others on this website, were donated to the collection by his son David Bassett.

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