Sporting Medals for Cycling (2)

Sporting Medals for Cycling (2), enamelled silhouetted cyclist in glazed 'capstan' mount, c. 1890's, the gilt reverse with engraved details, 27mm, with 430mm square linked chain attached; ornate engraved silver cross, 1890, "16 Mile Road Race 2nd prize won by Wm Aitken", 31mm; Horizontal Bar, First Prize, silver cross with enamelled roundel (of a hurdler), 1892 "To W Rowbottom by the Hinkley Christian Institute Gymnasium", 36mm, this with heavy chain. (2) It is uncertain whether the second would have been raced for with fixed-wheel or chain driven bicycles.