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Very unique and quality made gold, silver, diamond, black onyx live pigeon medal. The blue stone maybe lapis or just blue glass. This medal can be worn as a pin or hung from a chain. The total weight of this medal is over 34 grams. The medal is circa 1880's/1890's. The medal was won by George Mc G. Morris with a score of 98x105. A very good live bird score. I would guess this was a shoot off score. Probably a tie at 98x100. This is one of the finest live bird medals I have seen.
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Unusual Sheboygan, Wisconsin Gun Rod and Gun Club gold pin and fob. The fob has an engraved glass ball trap with crossed shotguns and an eagle. The medal is engraved 1904 which is very late for glass gall shooting. The reverse is engraved 1st prize and 250x250. The 10k gold medal weighs 12.15 grams and was won by Otto Zwerg.
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Beautiful copper and well engraved 1st Place Clay Pigeon Shoot medal from Santa Rita, New Mexico. This nicely engraved medal weighs 57.45 grams and was given out at a July 1907 shoot. The reverse states” Made of Santa Rita copper from air shaft stopes”
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A sterling J.E.Caldwell made shooting trophy. The trophy is a  Eugene DuPont Memorial Trophy. This trophy was an eastern shooting trophy circa 1905 to early 1920's. Most early trapshooting clubs had Native American Tribal Names.

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Gold Wisconsin Gun Club Medal and fob. The 10k medal weighs 6.6 grams and was presented to the club by

P. H. Himmelstein inscribed on the reverse. It so happens that he was also the winner!
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Celluloid and metal Idaho Falls, Idaho gun club attendance medal. The shoot was May 8th-11th 1911.
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Unknown live bird pigeon shooting medal. The reverse has T. A. A. embossed for the maker. The medal appears to have a small amount of 10k gold with a flying pigeon engraved in the center.
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Celluloid 1940 gun club membership 7/8" pinback from the Concord Rod and Gun Club.
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Shooting fob from the Bay View Gun Club Toledo, Ohio .The trophy was won by H. Riek on August first 1927. The front of the fob has a clay pigeon with BVGC in the center with crossed shotguns.
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A small 7/8”x1&1/4” gold 14k La Crosse Gun Club Award. The medal was won August 29th 1909 by W.H. Winter. The first place trophy was for winning the handicap event. A well made gold trophy with an enameled clay pigeon on the front.
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Beautiful 14k 16gram Maplewood, New Hampshire Gun Club Medal. The medal has a multi colored enameled maple leaf on the front. The medal/fob was won by J.B.Yerkes in 1927. The fob has it's original grosgrain ribbon and hanger.
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Superb 1930 14k gun club medal with original ribbon and hanger. The reverse says Singles championship 1930 runner up. J.B. Yerkes 97x100. The front fob has a clay pigeon, tee pee and a blue enameled MI. This stood for Michigan Indians. This event was held at a very prestigious resort on the shores of Lake Michigan. 16.62 grams.
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Gun club ribbon for the Marion Gun Club. A very old ribbon which would have had a fob attached.  Ribbons of this age seldom survive. Circa 1890's. Marion, Iowa.
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1918 Canadian Indians Trapshooting Queens royal Cup. Sterling silver. 19.5 grams
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Gold Grand Valley Gun Club Perpetual Medal.
This gold 2.25 long medal was introduced by
the gun club as perpetual. This means that in
order to take possession of the medal it had
to be won a stated number of times to keep it. Provenance Chuck Scallorn Estate Auction
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Cecil Park Gun Club Cecil, Pennsylvania sterling enameled lapel pin circa 1910
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Gold Stillwater Gun Club Dayton, Ohio. This is a circa 1890's live pigeon championship medal. Weight 6.45 grams
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1935 World Championship Live Pigeon Attendance 1&5/8" Medal.
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1895 gold Missouri State Trapshooting Championship Medal. The medal is called the Rieger Medal. Rieger was associated with the M.S.T.A. as an officer for many years.
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1876 Sterling Silver Lexington, Missouri Shooting and fishing Club Perpetual Live Pigeon Medal. The engraving on the 4.75x 2.75 medal reads: Awarded to William Shacklett Jr.
Champion Wing Shot
Lexington Shooting Fishing Club
Winner of Three successive Matches.

The three coins are 1890 silver seated liberty coins on the reserse. The front of the coin has the date 1890 and three consecutive wins.
April 9th, May14th, June 11th.
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Los Angeles Gun Club medal Belonging to A.J. Stauber a California Trapshooters Hall of Fame inductee" Circa 1937
The bronze medal is 1 1/8.
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California Hall of Fame inductee A.J.Stauber Bronze 1 1/8" medal for shooting 281 straight.
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A diminutive 5/8" long Los Angeles Gun Club Pin from the A.J.Stauber Collection. Circa 1930's
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California Hall of Fame inductee A.J.Stauber bronze 1937 Long Run Pinback from S.A.A.M.I.
The bronze award pin which is 3/4" diameter was given as a promotion from the Sporting Arms and
Ammunitions Industry.
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Celluloid Seneca, Pennsylvania Gun Club Members 1.25" Pinback
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Celluloid 1.25" Members Pinback for Houghton Lake, Michigan Gun Club
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Gold Wilson Trophy Fob. The hanger is engraver "Presented by Robert J. Wilson" This gold fob measures 2.25" x 2.5". It was given out for The Championship of Clarke County and is also engraved the Wilson Trophy. I am attributing the trophy to Clarke County Alabama because of the history of Clarke County.
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The multi colored gold and silver Rieger Medal was awarded at the Missouri State Shoot in 1895. The Medal was in honor of his service to the Missouri State Trapshooting Organization. this four chain medal measures 3.5"x1.75". Refer to One Hundred Years of Trap Shooting in Missouri for addition information.
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Large Saint Louis, Missouri Annual 22nd Live Pigeon Shoot Fob. The shoot was held may 16-20 in 1899 and the association was established in 1877. The medal is 1.5" in diameter and weighs 19.66 grams.
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Gold and enameled 7.7 gram Davison Gun Club medal. The medal measures 5/8"x5/8". The back is engraved "Annual Season Trophy 1888. The medal was probably attached to a chain from a loop on the top. A well made fob with small sterling rectangles on the edges.
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Sterling unmarked late 1880's Atlas Gun Club Medal. The Atlas Gun Club would have been part of the Atlas Gunpowder Company which was a
sunsidary of the DuPont Gunpowder Empire. Hercules and Atlas companies were spun off from DuPont under the Sherman Antitrust act in 1912. Atlas Gunpowder Company purchased the Giant Gunpowder Company in 1915.
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Jenkins Brothers brass flyer token. The brass token is
1.5" in diameter. The club was located North of Orleans,
Indiana.
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Beautiful celluloid 1.75" pinback advertising the state
shoot at Herron Hill Gun Club in 1905.
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Beautiful gold 1900 Flyer Medal from the Audubon Gun Club. The exact Gun club that this came from is unknown to me. There were minimum of
at least three known Audubon Gun Clubs at this time period.
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Nice gun club ribbon. Good gun club
ribbons are very hard to find.
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Cobourg, Ontario Trophy from the Dominion Game and Trapshooting Association. The 10k gold and enameled Collection medal was for an eight man team shoot. The medal weighs 8.7 grams and is 1" in diameter. circa 1920. Provenience X Paul Brisco Collection
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Gold and bronze 1&1/8" Toronto, Ontario 5 man team 1920 Tournament. A front and reverse beautiful medal.
Provenience x Paul Brisco Collection
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Sterling Pennsylvania Railroad Gun Club Medal. Railroads did have gun clubs!
This sterling fob would have been attached to a ribbon. There is no engraving as to the winner, on the reverse, but stamped "trapshooting".
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Thomas Clarence Marshall AT.A. past president ( 1939) 14k gold 12.75 gram with diamond medal. T. Clarence Marshall also ran the Yorklynn, Delaware Gun Club. Famous shooters like Frank Troeh of Oregon, Mark Arie of Illinois, Neaf Apgar of New Jersey, Les German of Maryland and countless others would attend his shoots.
Refer to page 147 of The Road to Yesteryear" by Dick Baldwin for additional information.
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Napa Delta Gun Club Badge. I know little about this piece other than it was a metal detector find in California. The badge is very old and appears made of sterling but it has no markings..The badge measures 1.37" in diameter.
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Ponoka Gun Club Button Stud. The button appears to
be made of sterling but has no markings on it. Ponoka is a small town in what is now the provence of Alberta. Ponoka became a town in 1904 and part of the N.W.T. became part of Alberta in 1905. The button would be circa pre 1905.
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Kansas State Sportsman's Association Ribbon advertising their annual tournament in 1908.
The K.S.S.A. was formed in 1889.Gun club ribbons are hard to find in this condition.
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J.R.Smith Medal from the El Paso Gun Club Texas.
This intricate medal is 18k and weighs 17.5 grams.
It is 1.625" wide and 3" long. Unfortunately the
winners name is not engraved on the reverse.
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Gold plated brass 1" California Indians trapshooting Pin.
The California Indians Trapshooting Organization like many other trapshooting clubs adopted Native American names in the 1920's. The organizations goal was to have a week trapshooting event designed as a family outing. Some of the similar organizations were called the Sioux Indians,Pacific Indians, Okoboji Indians, Atlantic Indians, Konne Yaut and etc.
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Nicely made 10k gold shooting medal There is no inscription on the reverse but the front does say "Lake Superior Gun Club". Old 1890's shooting medals are very hard to research but my guess would be A Duluth/Superior Gun Club. The telegram enameled on the hanger indicates to me that the medal was donated to the club as a trophy being the newspaper is called the Telegram. It was not unusual for businesses to sponsor or introduce medals and include their names for advertising purposes. The medal measurement is 1" x'2"
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Small brass 1916 enameled clay pigeon medal. The medal was given out at a trapshooting event in Eastern Illinois.
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Brass Chicago Gun Club Fob. This fob would have been attached to a ribbon and given out at a shoot for winning an event. Most shooters unfortunately removed the ribbons and attached the fobs to watch chains. There were many gun clubs located in Chicago at this time.
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Small brass 1" lapel pin for the Washington State Sportsmans Association. Circa 1930's
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Cape May, New Jersey brass Fish and Game Protective Association Pin. This medal is circa late 1880's and has fabulous patina and great graphics.
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A Sterling Silver Everett, Washington State Gun Club Medal. This 1914 medal would have been attached to a ribbon and would have been given out to a winner of a trapshooting event. There were prestigious gun clubs and great shooters in the western states..
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Sterling silver/enameled fob from the Cecil County Gun Club. Cecil County is close to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The 1920's fob has a miniature Blue Rock Clay Target in the middle along with the patent date. Blue Rock targets were made by the Cleveland target Company and marketed by the Chamberlin Cartridge company..
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Large 1.5" celluloid pinback for the Somerset Kentucky Sportsmen's Association. Circa early 1900's
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Small1/2" brass and enameled Gotham Gun Club Lapel pin. Gotham, New York. Circa late 1890's or early1900's .
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Celluloid 1.25" Gun Club Pinback. The club is unknown but it came from a Michigan antique shop.
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Early Austin Costello Celluloid 1.25" gun club pinback. The Austin Costell Club is located in Austin, Pennsylvania. Circa 1940's
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Gold and enameled Shamokin, Pennsylvania Live Pigeon Medal. This championship medal has a lot going for it. The winner was a 30 yard shooter as inscribed but the workmanship is incredible. It has crossed guns, flyers shield, and an image of a shooter shooting a pigeon. Shamokin is located in the heart of coal country and live pigeon tournaments were common. Attendees would wager on their favorite shooter. Shoots were held on Sundays but only after church.
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Great 1.5" celluloid pinback for the Broome County Sportsmens Association. This New York County borders the state of Pensylvania. Pinback made by W.and H.
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A brass and enameled lapel pinback advertising the Neptune Hunting and Fishing Club. Circa 1910.
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Very nice celluloid 7/8" Mount Sterling, Kentucky pinback. The 1904 pinback was made by Whitehead and Hoag advertising the state shoot.
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Large silver plated bronze French 1903 live pigeon first place medal. The beautiful medal weighs 79.8 grams.
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Rare 1874 live pigeon ribbon from the Toronto Gun Club.Ribbons like this are extremely rare especially
because of the age and condition
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Beautiful circa 1890's Guelph, Ontario gold and silver gun club medal. The medal emblematic of early clay pigeon shooting with crossed guns and a clay pigeon in the center. The sterling hanger having a beaver and gold maple leaf and laurel around the fob. The medal was made by George H. Lees, 47 Main Street, Hamilton, Ontario.
The business was listed as Jewelry Manufacturuing and was in business from 1885-1900. X Collection of Paul Brisco
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Sterling silver 1887 "Trowern Special prize" Medal for one barrel live pigeon shooting. The annual shoot was at Saint Catherines, Toronto Gun Club and won by Geo. Rogers. The medal weighs 13 grams. This extremely rare medal is the only known one barrel live pigeon medal.
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 Crown Point Shooting Club Glass Ball Medal. Silver and blue enameled medal with an enameled Bogardus ball Thrower pictured. Glass ball shooting had a very limited usage( Approximately 15 years) in the United States once George Ligowski invented the clay pigeon in 1881. This medal circa 1870's is attributed to Crown Point, Indiana.
Gold and enameled London Gun Club Championship Medal. This 1.5" medal is attributed
London, Springfield, Township in Pennsylvania. The medal is an early transitional medal
in that it has an engraved live pigeon and an enameled clay target design. The "C" clasp
medal is circa late 1890's to 1910.
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