POCKET WATCH CHAIN
1923A silver chain in two parts, the longer section has a clasp on the end to attach to the watch.
The shorter section has two brass coloured badges attached to the chain with brass rings. One is almost circular in shape with a pattern on the back and text on the front, the other is square in shape, plain on the back with a central shield with a wreath of leaves either side and a glass bead in the centre.
The two sections of chain are joined together with a toggle.
The text on the badge reads: [K.A.S. / Annual Show 1923 / awarded for / Pen of 3 Heifers / Section B Class 13 / T. BRIGGS.]
Beneath the text near the bottom of the badge are three small boxes in what appears to be a markers mark or a stamp indicating the purity of the metal.
This watch chain was awarded to Mr Thomas Briggs in 1923 by the Kelmscott Agricultural Society for a pen of three heifers Section B Class 13. Thomas was exhibiting Ayrshire cows which he bred on his Byford dairy Sussex. He also won awards for his bull, a bull under 2 years, a cow and a heifer as well as the pen of three Ayrshire heifers (The West Australian, Tuesday 30th October 1923, page 9).
Thomas moved to Byford with his family in 1911 and was soon running the dairy with his two sons Robert and Henry.
The family entered first entered their cattle at the Kelmscott Agricultural Show in 1921, coming second in a number of categories. Between 1922 and 1929 the Briggs Ayrshire cattle dominated their category, winning most awards for their bulls, cows and heifers. In 1926 they entered the first Byford Show and had immediate success. In 1931 the Briggs's entered exhibited their Ayrshire cattle at the Perth Royal Show and won champion cow and bull with Sussex Winsome and Tipperary Butterball. The herd continued to be successfully exhibited for many years.
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Three boxes in on the bottom of the medal. The first does not appear to be a letter or number. The other two reads as: [9] and [F]
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