Ebay N.O.T.W medal

[shafted]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200957447983?...1438.l2649

Normally I would love to bid on something like this but I just don't know its credibility. Iv'e never seen N.O.T.W medals in this style before, though it is quite a popular style medal seen on ebay all the time for 1930's darts medals, though Iv'e never seen a medal from this early in the Comp before.The area is right Holloway as it was only a London based comp at this point, but if it is genuine whoever S Hoy was he must only be a runner up in his house (pub) round, and maybe it was an incentive the pub offered themselves. I'm certainly not sure about it being anything official and worth a decent bid.

The official records for 1930 show the London area runner up to be.. W H Gentry (St Pancras)

https://www.patrickchaplin.com/NOWWinners.htm

[Getagrip]

I seen that the other day but thought it looked like many of the usual darts medals, hmmm I wonder is someone just engraved the back of it?

[Getagrip]

it says 1939 on the medal not 1930?

[shafted]

Sorry thought it said 1930, definitely wrong then, Iv'e already got a 1938 one on here, in the memorabilia..Nothing like it

[jamie373]

to me the engraving in the middle looks a lot newer than the hall mark and the the news of the world bit . just doing my CSI dartsnutz Guests cannot see images in the messages. Please register at the forum by clicking here to see images.

[Getagrip]

yeah it does, something dodgy I bet

[Jimbo21]

The writing style is different as well.

[jamie373]

you know what looking at it again i believe the engraving on the back , it's the darts bit i don't believe it looks stuck on ! what ever was on there before someone has probably google news of the world competition and came up with darts , got a bit from a trophy shop and stuck it on , probably from the 1939 interoffice egg and spoon race !!!!

[mc1958]

The description says 1930 - that may have been where you got that date from - it definitely says 1939 on the medal

[Uncle Bullseye]

I've been in touch with Patrick Chaplin (Dr Darts). He thinks that the medal may have been awarded at Area level. Certainly not the Championship or Regional level.