United Kingdom. A Rare Sterling Silver Ashburton Shield, Won by Molson Brewing Family consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A SS Rottenführer tropical rank

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United Kingdom. A Rare Sterling Silver Ashburton Shield, Won by Molson Brewing Family consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A SS Rottenführer tropical rankWhile the full size Ashburton Shield is held at Bisley by the National Rifle Association, secondary shields were sometimes commissioned by winning teams and displayed at their respective schools. Won in 1909 by the Rugby Private School, Warwickshire, this fine silver example is a rare privately held Ashburton Shield, which seldomly come to public auction. Featuring a reduced size shield in sterling silver, well hallmarked for Birmingham 1909 and