Historical Hockey Memorabilia Auction Winter 2020
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/26/2020
Current European Champions, Great Britain would get by Czechoslovakia in the semifinals to face Canada in the gold medal at the 1938 IIHF World Championships in Prague, with the Canadians too strong for the English, winning gold, 3-1. We have the silver medal that was presented to Great Britain coach Percy Nicklin by the IIHF. At just over 2” in diameter, the obverse feature’s an intricately-designed monogram encompassed by “Championnat du Monde” and “1938”, with a detailed goaltender over the reverse. The artist Willy Kreitz – who was also a hockey player – has signed the medal over the lower right of the reverse, with the important vintage award exhibiting moderate to heavier surface wear, especially over the reverse. An LOA from the Nicklin family will accompany.
The Percy Nicklin International Hockey Collection
Born in Simcoe, Ontario, just before the close of the 19th century and hailing from a Scottish family, Percy Harold Nicklin rose to hockey prominence coaching the Moncton Hawks to back-to-back Allan Cup championships as the top senior amateur club in Canada, in 1933 and 1934. Moving on to unlikely hockey locale England in 1935, Nicklin took the reins of the Richmond Hawks before assuming coaching duties with the ENL's Harringay Racers and Harringay Greyhounds. Nicklin would again put his magic behind the bench to work in 1936, when he and international hockey legend Bunny Ahearne built a strong Great Britain national team that would defeat Canada at the 1936 Winter Olympics to claim the gold medal. The successful Nicklin would go on to lead Great Britain to further glory, winning consecutive World Championships, in 1937 and 1938.
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