Aust Historical Medals
Lot 218 Session 1 (9.30am Wednesday) Aust Historical Medals
Estimate $6,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $9,100
ABORIGINAL KING PLATE OR GORGET IN BRASS (CIRCA 1840) (141X70MM) INSCRIBED TO 'CHARLEY / KING OF CUMBLE' ENGRAVED WITH EMU ON LEFT, kangaroo on right, the aboriginal king wearing his king plate and a pair of breeches, holding a boomerang and spear (cf similar style in Troy pp108/9 for Sawyer, King of Wickham-Hill in the Edmund O. Milne Collection). Very fine and very rare, especially depicting the recipient.
Cumble was a property in the Liverpool plains district. In 1848 it was owned by M. Joseph.
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