Stack's Bowers & Ponterio
November 2013 Baltimore Auction - Sess. B 8 November 2013
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MEXICO. Gold Billiards Championship Prize Medal, 1943.
33 X 43 mm (without hanger); 14.3 gms. Grove-unlisted. Shield-shaped, hand engraved medal with red and white enamel badge with a "MC" monogram on a maltese cross and the name of the champion below, "CAMPEON/ RAIMUNDO VIVES G." within a wreath; Reverse: Image of a very demonic-looking billiard player making a shot and the engraved inscription "II CAMPONATO/ NACIONAL/ DeCARAMBOLA/ LIBRE/ AMATEUR/ 1943/ MONETERRY/ N.L/ MEXICO".EXTREMELY FINE.
Estimate: $300
MEXICO. Gold Billiards Championship Prize Medal, 1943.
33 X 43 mm (without hanger); 14.3 gms. Grove-unlisted. Shield-shaped, hand engraved medal with red and white enamel badge with a "MC" monogram on a maltese cross and the name of the champion below, "CAMPEON/ RAIMUNDO VIVES G." within a wreath; Reverse: Image of a very demonic-looking billiard player making a shot and the engraved inscription "II CAMPONATO/ NACIONAL/ DeCARAMBOLA/ LIBRE/ AMATEUR/ 1943/ MONETERRY/ N.L/ MEXICO".EXTREMELY FINE.
Estimate: $300