Striking National Skating Association 9k gold medal presented to Gertrude Kathleen Shaw for her first place victory in the 1930 British Championship. Medal is approximately 38 mm in diameter, and weighs approximately 21 grams. One side of the medal features a male figure skater performing, with the reverse beautifully engraved, “National Skating Association, Figure Skating Championship International Style, 1930 Winner Miss G. K. Shaw, Manchester,” with several proof marks stamped to the lower portion of the medal. Winners medal actually comes in its original handsome burgundy leather presentation case made by the Alexander Clarke Company of London. Condition is near mint. Shaw competed in the 1924 and 1928 Winter Olympics, but failed to medal. She would win the British Championship a total of three times, winning the inaugural competition in 1927, and twice more in 1929 and 1930. A beautiful display piece.
