Lot 3805
Sale 113 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals, Tokens & Banknotes
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Description
New Caledonia, and Dependencies, (1877), Noumea presentation medal in bronze (51mm), by J.Lagrange, reverse inscribed, 'A/Mr. Carter/1877'. Some small digs on reverse, otherwise very fine.
Probably Douglas Carter of Joubert & Carter, a trading firm operating in Noumea. In 1877 Mr Carter was viciously attacked by a drunken gendarme, who then fired at police, but missed. He ran away but another Englishman caught him and held him until an arrest was made. Mr Douglas, an Englishman, was married in the West Indies in 1842 and died at Koumac in New Caledonia in 1909.
- Estimate
- $100
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $220