Lot 863

Description

Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, Karoonda Lodge No.155, Worthy Primo annual badges for years 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, each suspended below the other from 1934 down, in gilt silver, inscribed to, 'Primo H.F. Honeyman', in case of issue of maker, 'J.T. Hearn, Adelaide'; Coolgardie No.37 G.L.E., Certified Primo jewel, in silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, 'Primo/F. Cain/Raised/27.6.35', in case of issue of maker, 'Meldrum, Perth'; Sir Henry Bennett Lodge No.68, Alderman of Benevolence jewel, in gilt silver and enamel, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Bro. A. Halfred C.P./Ald. Ben./June 1946 - Mar. 1947'. Very fine - good very fine. (3)

Karoonda is in the middle of the Murray Mallee region of South Australia. It briefly shot to international fame in 1930 when a meteorite fell to earth just to the east of the town on the night of 25 November. Sir Henry Bennett Lodge No.68 is in Adelaide, South Australia.