Lot 2509

Description

World medals, Australia, prize fob in silver, reverse inscribed, 'Best Pug/Wollongong Show/1950'; Great Britain, prize fob in silver with gold shield, reverse inscribed, 'P&D/Y.M.C.A.League/Division III/Winners/1931-32' (Portland & District), hallmarked for Birmingham 1931 by maker, J.F (James Fenton & Co); prize fob in silver, reverse inscribed, 'F.T.C./Athletics/1947/Inter-Dept./Relay/D.A.McGee'; Italy, souvenir of ship voyage medal in silvered (oval 45x33mm), by The Greenduck Co, Chicago, obverse, ship on high seas and below the name, Ricordo Di Viaggio (Travel Memories), reverse, monogram crest of General Italian Shipping Coy; New Zealand, prize fob in silver with gold centre shield inscribed, 'W.A.A.C./1911' (Wellington Amateur Athletic Club), reverse hallmarked for Birmingham 1911 by maker FHA Ld (F.H.Adams & Co). Very fine. (5)

The shipping line, Navigazione Generale Italiana, was formed in 1881 by the merger of I.&V.Florio of Palermo and Raffaelo Rubattino of Genoa.