Lot 1336

Description

National Rose Society Of Victoria, prize medals in bronze (30.5x30.5mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed on first medal, 'For/Enthusiasm/Awarded to/J.T.McIntosh, Esq/For Introducing/10 Members/During The Year/June 26th 1917'; on second medal, 'For/Enthusiasm/Won by/J.T.McIntosh. Esq/Who Introduced/10 Members/during the Year/June 26th 1918'; and on third medal, 'June 1921./Won by/Mr J.T.McIntosh/Who Secured/11 Members/This Year'. Second medal with a few carbon spots, otherwise very fine - good very fine. (3)

J.T.McIntosh was secretary of the Ivanhoe Horticultural Society and in 1918 was also elected as one of its vice-presidents. He was also a regular winner of prizes at various shows in Victoria including the National Rose Society of Victoria.