Lot 3016

Description

Amor Ltd representative's specimen box of medals, c1938, some marked SPECIMEN on edge, includes 29th International Congress, 1928, in silvered bronze (40mm) (C.1928/3); Littlejohn Memorial Award, undated (c1935), in silvered bronze (89mm); Hardy Memorial Medal (Sydney Technical College), 1872-1936, in bronze (51mm); R.W.Chapman Medal (Institution of Engineers Australia), undated (c1936), in bronze (51mm); Amor 50th Anniversary, 1938, in silvered bronze (39mm) (C.1938/1); Australia's 150th Anniversary, 1938 Youth Carries On, in bronze (29mm) (C.1938/5) (2); Australia's 150th Anniversary Landing at Sydney Cove, 1938, in silvered bronze (57mm) (C.1938/7); Australia's 150th Anniversary Commemorative Salon of Photography, 1938, in silvered bronze (64mm) (C.1938/8); Australia's 150th Anniversary Philatelic Exhibition, 1938, in bronze (32x44mm) (C.1938/11); Australia's 150th Anniversary, 1938, in silvered bronze (51mm) (C.1938/17); also thin sample strike of obverse portrait for Dr Woodward Memorial medal, undated, in bronze (45mm), (see C.D/5). In fitted, hinged-lid plush case, foxing on lid lining, medals uncirculated. (12)

Littlejohn Medal - only 3 specimen issues known in Museum Victoria Collections - rare.