Catalogue
County of Bendigo Agricultural and Horticultural Society, award medal in silver (27mm x 23mm oval with top scroll mount) inscribed on reverse 'P.Rohs Esqr / for / Reaper & Binder / Show 1903'. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $150
Passed in
Australian Boot Trade Employees Federation, enamel and bronze membership badge (36mm x 28mm), 1905-1910 (Smith 73), number impressed on reverse, 2131 on one and 2582 on the other. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $40
Passed in
Arthur Yates & Co, Sydney and Auckland, in bronze (39mm; 3.5mm thick), no maker's mark, reverse inscribed, 'Townsville,/1906.' A few small carbon spots, otherwise good extremely fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $90
Mackay P.(ioneer) R.(iver) F.(ruiterers') Association. A.(gricultural) P.(astoral) I.(ndustrial) Show, in silver (31mm) by Stokes & Sons, inscribed on reverse, 'A.Morrison./Hogskin/Saddle/1906'. Dark stain in centre of obverse and light edge bruise, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $150
Passed in
University of Sydney, New South Wales, 1906, in silver (42mm) by Amor, inscribed on reverse 'Senior / Public Examination / 1906 / Conic Sections / Arthur Bache Walkom'; University of Sydney, 1920, in bronze (52.5mm) by A.Wyon, inscribed on reverse 'B.Sc.Examination 1910 / Geology / and Mineralogy / Arthur Bache Walkom'; University of Sydney, 1918, in silver (52.5mm) by A.Wyon, inscribed on reverse 'D.SC / Examination / 1918 / Geology / Arthur Bache Walkom'; Jubilee Medal (GVR) 1935, with miniature medal; Coronation Medal (GVIR) 1937, with miniature medal; Royal Society of New South Wales, W.B.Clarke Medal, 1948, in bronze (55mm) by J.S.& A.B.Wyon, inscribed around edge 'Arthur Bache Walkom D.Sc.1948'; Fifty Years Commonwealth of Australia, 1951, medalet in bronze (31mm) (C.1951/6); Jubilee of the Commonwealth of Australia, 1951, in oxidised silver (57.5mm) by Amor, inscribed on reverse 'Dr Arthur B. Walkom' (C.1951/7); Coronation Medal (EIIR) 1953, with miniature medal; Royal Society of New South Wales, 1953 in bronze (76mm) inscribed on reverse 'For Organization of Science in Australia / and / for / Researches in / Palaeobotany', inscribed around edge 'Arthur Bache Walkom D.Sc. 1953'; Australian and New Zealand Association For the Advancement of Science, 1970, in silver (70mm) by Andor Meszaros, inscribed around edge 'Arthur Bache Walkom Port Moresby'; three Masonic lodge jewels, Dr Arthur Bache Walkom. All medals with cases of issue, extremely fine - nearly FDC. (16)
Estimate $2,100
SOLD $2,100
Australian arms, 1908-1912 design set within voided shield, in 15ct gold (3gm; 26mm x 25.5mm) with suspension loop. Good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Department of Agriculture Victoria, Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, Champion Prize, in gold (15ct, 12.5gm, 30.8mm) with loop mount, inscribed on reverse 'Mrs Lauger / for / Best Pair / of Crossbred Fowls / 1909'. Good.
Estimate $550
SOLD $600
Department of Agriculture Victoria, The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, 1909, Champion Prize, in silver (48mm), inscribed on reverse 'Robert Ward / for / Oats (Long)'. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $200
Passed in
National Agricultural & Industrial Association of Queensland, Queensland Jubilee, 1859-1909, in silver (46mm) by Amor, inscribed on reverse, 'W D Peacock & Co/Jams'. Several edge knocks, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $300
Passed in
The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, in silver (35mm) by S.& M. (Stokes & Martin), reverse inscribed, 'F.Wimpole./1909', impressed on edge, '3rd.Prize. White Sow, over 12 Months'. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $90
Department of Agriculture Victoria, Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, Champion Prize of Australia, in gold (15ct, 13.5gm, 30.8mm) with loop mount, inscribed on reverse 'Mrs Lauger / for / Best Pair / of Export Fowls / 1910'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $650
SOLD $720
United Service Challenge Shield, 1910, in silver (85mm x 55mm), decorated by a cross with a star at each point, at the centre a scene of colonial troops, the quarters lightly engraved with naval and military groups, the top arm of the cross divides into a V, topped by a crown and a likeness of Queen Victoria, the bottom arm with the Australian Coat of Arms, with two brooch pins, engraved on reverse, 'Victorian Rifle Association / 1910 / Won by / Australia / J.Hudson'. Very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400
Centenary of Australia's first coinage, (c1913), holey dollar and dump issued 1813, in silver (31mm) (C.T/12). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $650
Passed in
HMAS Sydney - SMS Emden, Nov 9 1914, medal by W.Kerr Sydney, with chopmarks (C.1914/4). Very fine.
Estimate $2,500
Passed in
Captain Lieutenant Von Mucke Emden 1914, Emden II 1915, in silver (33mm) by L.Chr. Lauer, Nuernberg (M.H.431). A little polished, good extremely fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
Melbourne Eight Hours Committee, 1915, fob in silver and enamel (31mm) with loop mount, by C.Bentley. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $600
Centenary of MacIntosh and Degraves, Tasmanian Shilling in silver (31mm) by Stokes & Sons for Alfred Chitty (C.1923/4). Good extremely fine and rare, only fifty struck.
Estimate $300
SOLD $340
Collection of medalets and tokens, mostly Australian, includes Registered Dog Tag 1924-25 and Royal Mint sovereign weights, 1821, 1843, also set of seven Gold Coast trade dollars in packet and Palestine fifty mils, reverse shaved and inscribed, 'Sto. W.Hancock/S4577/Moss.4.0/C of E'. Poor - uncirculated. (47 + set)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
Australian Cruise, United States Fleet, 1925, gilded (38mm) (C.1925/6). A few small spots, toning, otherwise virtually uncirculated.
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
USA Fleet Visit, 1925, in gilt and enamel (28mm x 28mm shield shape) pin back, by G.A.Miller & Sons, Sydney (unlisted in Carlisle); Beale & Company, Advance Australia, uniface bronze pressed metal trademark (42mm) (pierced hole each side and metal loss near one hole); Victory medalet, 1919, in silvered (27mm) (C.1919/2) with suspension loop; Victory medalet, 1945 in silvered (27mm) (C.1945/9) with suspension loop; Gateway Bridge Opening Brisbane, undated (1986) souvenir coin in bronze (38mm); Royal Life Saving Society Award of Merit in silver (2, one to W.Bach 5.10.29, the other to E.Mee 23/3/55), the second with laurel leaf border, both with suspension loops; also, Coronation 1953 Fiji Island Tour medal, in enamel and silvered, with suspension pin; New Zealand Red Cross Society Proficiency Badge but missing ribbon and bar; belt buckle for 5th Battalion Victorian Scottish Regiment (missing lugs). Fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
Federated Art(ificial) Fertilizer and Chemical Workers Union, handcrafted fob in gold (9ct, 5.7gm, 30mm x 30mm), engraved on obverse 'CRE' and reverse 'Pres to / C.R.Eddy / Past President / Fed.Art., Fert., & Chemical / Workers Union / October 1927'; Fertilizers Federation, handcrafted fob in gold (15ct, 7.9gm, 29.5mm), obverse engraved 'C.R.Eddy / Fertilizers / Federation', reverse engraved 'Past President / For Services Rendered / 1929'. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $500
Bert Hinkler, 1928, in bronze (51mm) by C.D.Richardson for Stokes Melbourne (C.1928/1). Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Arthur Yates & Co, Sydney and Auckland, in silver (39mm; 3mm thick), new die with maker's mark, Amor Sydney, reverse inscribed, 'Mrs D.Graffin/Wagin/1930'; another but in bronze, reverse inscribed, 'Mr. A.Roots/Ipswich/1935'. The first with a few small edge bumps and nicks, the second with a few light carbon spots, otherwise good very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $130
SOLD $150
Amy Johnson souvenir brooch, in brass (length 75mm), of her aeroplane 'Jason' with map of Australia impressed 'England / to / Australia / May 1930'. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $240
Lord Baden-Powell medals, Visit to Australia, 1931, in silver (31mm) (C.1931/2); Australian Jamboree Frankston, 1935, in silver (31mm) (C.1935/4), both with suspension loops as issued. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
National Rose Society of Victoria, and National Rose Society England in Affiliation 1900, in bronze (Maltese Cross design 30mm x 30mm), inscribed on reverse, 'Canterbury/&/Dist.HS./27-3-34/Amateur/Best Rose/America/Won by/A.A.Burgess'. Trace of mint red, good extremely fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $50
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, 1935, in copper (51mm) by Stokes Melbourne (C.1935/6). Uncirculated.
Estimate $300
SOLD $500
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith, 1935, in copper (51mm) by Stokes Melbourne (C.1935/6). Good very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W., Royal Easter Show, 1937, in bronze (54mm) by Stokes, Melbourne, inscribed on reverse, 'Awarded to/Morris Dahlia Gardens'. In original Stokes & Sons Pty Ltd fitted case, this with foxing and scuffing, medal toned uncirculated.
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
Australia's 150th Anniversary, 1938, in silvered bronze (51mm) by Amor Pty Ltd. In box of issue, good extremely fine.
Estimate $170
SOLD $160