A Scottish league championship winner’s medal presented to legendary Leith-born Rangers manager Bill Struth has fetched more than £4,400 at auction.
The nine carat gold medal was presented to Struth following the Ibrox club’s title success in season 1927-28.
Struth led Rangers to the Championship with 60 points, ahead of runners-up Celtic as part of Rangers’ first ever League and Scottish Cup double.
The 27 gram gold medal went under the hammer in Budds’ Scottish Sporting Memorabilia auction.
Still in its original case, the medal had been part of a major private collection of memorabilia for many years.
It was sold after a bidding war among collectors, for £4420.
David Convery, Budds’ head of sporting memorabilia, said: “Bill Struth was the greatest Rangers manager and a legend of both the club and Scottish football.
“His gold medal from the 1927-28 League Championship is a real collector’s item.”
Struth, born in Leith, Edinburgh, was the second manager of Rangers.
He took over in 1920 at the age of 45 following the death of his predecessor William Wilton and managed the club for 34 years until 1954.
During his time in charge, he guided Rangers to 30 major honours including 18 league titles, 10 Scottish Cups and two League Cups, making him one of the most decorated managers in world football history.
His trophy haul included five league titles in a row from 1927 – including season 1927-28 when Rangers beat Celtic by five points en route to an historic League and Cup double.
His bust was unveiled in 2005 on the marble staircase inside the main entrance to the Main Stand at Ibrox – now known as the Bill Struth Main Stand in his honour.
