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Lot 4137    Session 14 (4.30pm Thursday 20th November)    Aust. Historical Medals

Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $950

SYDNEY HARBOUR RESCUE, 1890, handcrafted silver medal (42mm) with scroll suspender and bar, obverse, FOR BRAVERY 1890 around a central disc bordered with brass rope coil and engraved with man diving from shore into the water with house and tree on opposite shore, reverse inscribed, 'To/William Ball/From/Frank Allen/For his Gallant Conduct/in Rescuing/Annie Allen/From Drowning/In Sydney Harbour/on Jan 1st 1890'. Toned, good very fine and rare.

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