Lot 2465

Description

New Zealand Collie Club, struck in silver (38x35mm), by F&S, hallmark for Birmingham 1906, reverse inscribed 'To/Winner of Grand Star/1909/Won By/Alex Begg's/Campanella'; Caledonian Society of Otago, President's fob medal, struck in voided gold (9ct, 4.7g, 23mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Alex.Begg'/1916-1920'; New Zealand & South Seas Exhibition, 1925-26, in brass, silver and enamel (25x20mm) (M.1925-26/6), reverse inscribed 'Alexander Begg/Music Come.'; Dunedin Orphans Club, in silver (25x27mm), with two 10 Years bars, no maker, ribbon and pin-back bar suspension; Caledonian Games, stock medal hand engraved in silver (28mm), no maker, obverse inscribed 'B Grade/Champs/1949'. All with ring top suspensions other than the fourth medal, fine - very fine, the first three illustrated. (5)

Alexander Begg, part of the well known Begg family, retail pioneers and early settlers of Dunedin.