Lot 3655

Description

Victorian Amateur Athletic Association, untitled award medal, undated (c1900s), in bronze (45mm), by Stokes Melb, obverse, left facing bust of Greek goddess Athena wearing helmet decorated with a griffon, around the edge the legend, 'HONOR TO WHOM HONOR IS DUE', reverse, laurel wreath and inside inscribed, 'V.A.A.A./(AWARDED/TO)/St Stephens/Harriers/A.Smith/63rd'; The Amateur Athletic Union of Australia, medal in silvered (45mm), by Nissen, Bris, reverse inscribed, 'R.Parker/440 yds. C'ship/2nd/5.2.'55'; New South Wales Amateur Athletic Assn, in bronze (44mm), reverse inscribed, '5-3-66/Shot put Ch'p./P.Phillips/50ft.11in/2nd.' The second very fine, the rest nearly uncirculated. (3)

St Stephens Harriers was founded by a group of young men from the Bible Class at St Stephens Church of England at Richmond, Victoria in 1908.