Lot 3481

Description

O.N.S. (Oamaru North School), Dux, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.4g, 35x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'O.N.S./R.Hunter Wade/1927'; Ardgowan School (Oamaru), Dux V, 1928, stock medal in silver and gold (33x27mm), English maker and hallmark, inscribed 'R.Hunter Wade'; another, stock medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 4.1g, 28x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'R.Hunter Wade/Dux/Ardgowan School/1929'; Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 6.2g, 35x35mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Hunter Wade/Div.E' (attached tag dates to 1929); Waitaki Boys High School, Dux, struck in gold (9ct, 10.9g, 33x33mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'R.H.Wade/1934'; W.B.H.S. (Waitaki Boys High School), Prefect, handcrafted badge in silver (32x30mm), no maker, pin-back. Extremely fine. (6)

Robert Hunter Wade was New Zealand High Commissioner to Singapore (1962-63) and later New Zealand Ambassador to Japan, Korea, Germany and Switzerland. He was also Deputy Secretary-General of the Commonwealth 1972-74.

See also lot 4475 for a WWI tribute fob and medal pair to his father.