Lot 662
Sale 123 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Toronga (sic) Zoological Park Trust, c1920, presumably a life member fob badge, in gold (9ct; 6.54g; 25x36mm), suspension loop removed, reverse inscribed, 'C.G.Wade'. Very fine.
Originally located at Moore Park opening in 1884, Taronga Zoo relocated to its present site on the harbour foreshore at Mosman opening on 7 October 1916. In 1913 management of the zoo passed to a trust named the New Zoological Gardens Trust that later became the Taronga Zoological Park Trust.
- Estimate
- $250
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $550