Lot 866

Sale 141 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals

Description

Bendigo, St Andrew Society, Annual Gathering, (1871), in silver (45mm), features plain silver disc with an ornate floral design frame, with loop mount, inscribed on obverse, "Bendigo/St.Andrew Society/Annual Gathering", and inscribed on reverse, "1st Prize/Best Dressed Boy/in/Highland Costume/awarded to/Francis George Gromann/1st Jany 1871". Toned very fine/fine.

"Frank" Francis Andrew George Gromann, the son of "Francis" Francois Adam Gromann and Mary A. Gromann (nee Bell); born 1862; won best dressed boy of Sandhurst at age 9 at local gathering of St Andrew's Society; married "Nellie" Ellen Meander; died aged 44, 30 October 1906, buried at Box Hill Cemetery, Melbourne, Vic.

Estimate
$250
Result Status
Sold
Prices Realised
$150

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