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The Great War group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal R. E. Walker, 7th South African Infantry, who won the Gold Medal in the 100 metres at the 1908 London Olympic Games, and in the same year set a new world record for the 100 yards in a time of 9.4 seconds; at the age of just 19 he is the youngest ever winner of the 100 metres at the Olympics, and was the first South African athlete to win an Olympic Gold Medal
1914-15 Star (Pte. R. E. Walker 7th Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. R. E. Walker, 4th S.A.I.) very fine (3) £1,800-£2,200
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Reginald Edgar Walker was born in Durban, South Africa, on 16 March 1889. A distinguished athlete, he won the 220 yards sprint at the 1907 South African Championships, and the following year travelled to England to compete at the 1908 London Olympics. Entering the ‘blue riband’ event of the Games, the men’s 100 metres sprint, he won the gold medal in the final, held on 22 July 1908, equalling the Olympic record time of 10.8 seconds. At the age of 19 years and 128 days, he is the youngest ever winner of the 100 metres at the Olympics, and was the first South African athlete to win an Olympic Gold Medal
Walker had further success that summer, and at Abergavenny on 4 August 1908 he set a new world record for the 100 yards in a time of 9.4 seconds (equivalent to a time of 10.3 seconds for the 100 metres). Remaining in England, the following year he won the British Amateur Athletics Association 100 yards title, before turning professional in 1910 (which made him ineligible to defend his Olympic title in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics)
Returning to South Africa, Walker attested for the South African Infantry, and served during the Great War with the 7th Infantry initially in German South West Africa in 1915, before proceeding with the 4th Infantry to France in 1917, where he received a gun shot wound to the head. He was discharged in 1919, and later worked as a clerk with Messrs Ropes and Marttings in Nairobi, Kenya, before returning to South Africa. He died in Durban on 5 November 1951, aged 62.
Sold with an Abergavenny Amateur Athletics Association Certificate recording Walker’s World Record run on 4 August 1908, and signed by various officials, mounted together with a photograph of both the recipient and the watch used to record his record run.
1914-15 Star (Pte. R. E. Walker 7th Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. R. E. Walker, 4th S.A.I.) very fine (3) £1,800-£2,200
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Reginald Edgar Walker was born in Durban, South Africa, on 16 March 1889. A distinguished athlete, he won the 220 yards sprint at the 1907 South African Championships, and the following year travelled to England to compete at the 1908 London Olympics. Entering the ‘blue riband’ event of the Games, the men’s 100 metres sprint, he won the gold medal in the final, held on 22 July 1908, equalling the Olympic record time of 10.8 seconds. At the age of 19 years and 128 days, he is the youngest ever winner of the 100 metres at the Olympics, and was the first South African athlete to win an Olympic Gold Medal
Walker had further success that summer, and at Abergavenny on 4 August 1908 he set a new world record for the 100 yards in a time of 9.4 seconds (equivalent to a time of 10.3 seconds for the 100 metres). Remaining in England, the following year he won the British Amateur Athletics Association 100 yards title, before turning professional in 1910 (which made him ineligible to defend his Olympic title in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics)
Returning to South Africa, Walker attested for the South African Infantry, and served during the Great War with the 7th Infantry initially in German South West Africa in 1915, before proceeding with the 4th Infantry to France in 1917, where he received a gun shot wound to the head. He was discharged in 1919, and later worked as a clerk with Messrs Ropes and Marttings in Nairobi, Kenya, before returning to South Africa. He died in Durban on 5 November 1951, aged 62.
Sold with an Abergavenny Amateur Athletics Association Certificate recording Walker’s World Record run on 4 August 1908, and signed by various officials, mounted together with a photograph of both the recipient and the watch used to record his record run.
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The Great War group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal R. E. Walker, 7th South African Infantry, who won the Gold Medal in the 100 metres at the 1908 London Olympic Games, and in the same year set a new world record for the 100 yards in a time of 9.4 seconds; at the age of just 19 he is the youngest ever winner of the 100 metres at the Olympics, and was the first South African athlete to win an Olympic Gold Medal
1914-15 Star (Pte. R. E. Walker 7th Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. R. E. Walker, 4th S.A.I.) very fine (3) £1,800-£2,200
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Reginald Edgar Walker was born in Durban, South Africa, on 16 March 1889. A distinguished athlete, he won the 220 yards sprint at the 1907 South African Championships, and the following year travelled to England to compete at the 1908 London Olympics. Entering the ‘blue riband’ event of the Games, the men’s 100 metres sprint, he won the gold medal in the final, held on 22 July 1908, equalling the Olympic record time of 10.8 seconds. At the age of 19 years and 128 days, he is the youngest ever winner of the 100 metres at the Olympics, and was the first South African athlete to win an Olympic Gold Medal
Walker had further success that summer, and at Abergavenny on 4 August 1908 he set a new world record for the 100 yards in a time of 9.4 seconds (equivalent to a time of 10.3 seconds for the 100 metres). Remaining in England, the following year he won the British Amateur Athletics Association 100 yards title, before turning professional in 1910 (which made him ineligible to defend his Olympic title in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics)
Returning to South Africa, Walker attested for the South African Infantry, and served during the Great War with the 7th Infantry initially in German South West Africa in 1915, before proceeding with the 4th Infantry to France in 1917, where he received a gun shot wound to the head. He was discharged in 1919, and later worked as a clerk with Messrs Ropes and Marttings in Nairobi, Kenya, before returning to South Africa. He died in Durban on 5 November 1951, aged 62.
Sold with an Abergavenny Amateur Athletics Association Certificate recording Walker’s World Record run on 4 August 1908, and signed by various officials, mounted together with a photograph of both the recipient and the watch used to record his record run.
1914-15 Star (Pte. R. E. Walker 7th Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (L/Cpl. R. E. Walker, 4th S.A.I.) very fine (3) £1,800-£2,200
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Reginald Edgar Walker was born in Durban, South Africa, on 16 March 1889. A distinguished athlete, he won the 220 yards sprint at the 1907 South African Championships, and the following year travelled to England to compete at the 1908 London Olympics. Entering the ‘blue riband’ event of the Games, the men’s 100 metres sprint, he won the gold medal in the final, held on 22 July 1908, equalling the Olympic record time of 10.8 seconds. At the age of 19 years and 128 days, he is the youngest ever winner of the 100 metres at the Olympics, and was the first South African athlete to win an Olympic Gold Medal
Walker had further success that summer, and at Abergavenny on 4 August 1908 he set a new world record for the 100 yards in a time of 9.4 seconds (equivalent to a time of 10.3 seconds for the 100 metres). Remaining in England, the following year he won the British Amateur Athletics Association 100 yards title, before turning professional in 1910 (which made him ineligible to defend his Olympic title in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics)
Returning to South Africa, Walker attested for the South African Infantry, and served during the Great War with the 7th Infantry initially in German South West Africa in 1915, before proceeding with the 4th Infantry to France in 1917, where he received a gun shot wound to the head. He was discharged in 1919, and later worked as a clerk with Messrs Ropes and Marttings in Nairobi, Kenya, before returning to South Africa. He died in Durban on 5 November 1951, aged 62.
Sold with an Abergavenny Amateur Athletics Association Certificate recording Walker’s World Record run on 4 August 1908, and signed by various officials, mounted together with a photograph of both the recipient and the watch used to record his record run.
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