Catalogue
Medalets and medals, 1918-1970s, some items include Honor to AIF, 1918, in silvered (27mm) (C.1918/2); Centenary of South Australia, in gilt (31mm) (C.1936/1); Victory Europe-Pacific/City of Melbourne, 1945, in gilt (32mm) (C.1945/5); Coronation QEII/City of Sydney Playgrounds, 1954, in gilt (31mm); Royal Visit/City of Sydney Playgrounds, 1954, in gilt (31mm) (C.1954/10); various others including a Great Britain Charles Dickens gilt medal (uniface). Very fine - extremely fine. (11)
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
A.N.A., handcrafted fob in gold (9ct, 5g, 29mm) with loop mount, by J.T.Hearn, inscribed on obverse 'Pt Adelaide Rifle Team', and on reverse 'Presented to H.Hemer/For/Highest Aggregate/1919'. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $420
The Women's Pioneer Party, lapel badge (1788/Ab Initio Coloniae); Australia lapel badge, features white map of Australia outlined in blue and gilt with word AUSTRALIA in gilt across centre; fob prize medal in gold (9ct; 3.6g), crowned garter around spade shaped shield featuring engraved bird left, reverse inscribed, 'Presented by/E.H.Cole Esq/To D.P.H.S/Won by/Lester & Poulson/1919'; gold filled ladies wristwatch by Handley, Swiss made, with gold filled link bracelet. The watch not working, otherwise very fine. (4)
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Latrobe Golf Club Associates, handcrafted pin backed badge with chain, in gold (9ct, 3.1g, 24mm). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
The Emu Bay Railway Company Limited, Tasmania, seal die, in relief and recessed on a rectangular brass plate (67.5x47.5x6mm), on a lip at the side is impressed 'C.G.Roeszler Melbourne'. The reverse with many striations, probably to ensure secure adhesion into impressing machine, otherwise extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $300
SOLD $350
Hobart Regatta, Maiden 8 prize fob in 9ct gold (5g; 31x24mm), reverse inscribed, 'W.Anderson/No.4'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States, MDCCCLXXXVIII (1888) medal in gold (tested at 16ct, 24.1g, 38mm) with loop mount, inscribed on reverse '220 yd Swim/Women/May 1-1921/Thea Cavill'. Very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $600
Southern Cross Sunbeam Society, badge in gold and enamel (9ct, 4.6g, 24mm) inscribed on reverse 'June 30/Sybil Hood/1925'. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $300
Masonic Lodge jewels, United Supreme Grand Chapter of N.S.W. & A.C.T. Grand Organist collar jewel (no ribbon); Alexandra R.A.Chapter No. 465 S.C. Mark Master Masons breast jewel, Advanced 16.3.26, made from English Queen Victoria gold plated penny; another but for Cosmopolitan R.A.Chapter S.C.22, 23.9.22, made from Australian George V penny; Empress of India Lodge, UGL of NSW No.57, Centenary jewel 1977; Lodge John Williams 148, UGL of NSW, Jubilee Member jewel 1886-1936; Welfare-Temperance, UGL of NSW 66, 50th Jubilee jewel 1977; Centenary of UGL of NSW 1988 medallion in gilt (39mm); also Buffalo Lodge, George V and Queen Mary Silver Jubilee jewel with clasp 1910-1935, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Bro. H.Snowden C.P./of the/Golden Mile Lodge/Australia/by the/Sir J.T.Davies Lodge/No.1771/for services rendered/20 Oct.1936'. Very fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
Melbourne Hospital, Sisters badge in gold and enamel (15ct, 8.8g, 28x26mm) with loop mount and chain, inscribed on reverse 'R.W.Beveridge/16.2.27'. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Annual Sheep Show Sydney 1927, Royal Agricultural Society NSW medal in bronze (51mm) W.J.Amor, Sydney; The Australian Longwool Sheepbreeder's Association in bronze (45mm) by Stokes Melbourne, all inscribed to A.F.Carr from Romney Marsh Ram 1926, 1927; for Eme 1930, 1931. Last three from Melbourne Show. Some spotted, otherwise nearly extremely fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Bert Hinkler, 1928, in oxidised silver bronze (51mm) by C.D.Richardson for Stokes Melbourne (C.1928/1). Cased, this repaired and with foxing on lid lining, the medal toned extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $200
29th International Eucharistic Congress in Sydney, 1928, in silvered (40mm) by Amor (C.1928/3); RAS of NSW, 1979, Steward badge, unnamed; Rotary Club of Perth, President 1938-1939 bar on ribbon; Victory Medal 1945 (C.1945/9); Fifty Years of Federation 1951 (C.1951/6); Royal Visit 1953-54; Eureka Rebellion, c1954 (C.V/6); Paddington Public School 125th Anniversary, 1981 (C.1981/4); also Fiji Independence, 1970, in white metal (25mm). All with ribbons, the second and third in enamelled and gilt, mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
29th International Eucharistic Congress Sydney, 1928, in silvered (40mm) (C.1928/3); Captain Cook Bicentenary/State Savings Bank of Victoria, 1970, in gilded (34mm) (C.1970/23); Barrier Highway, 1972, in bronze (44mm) (C.1972/3); Centenary of Brisbane General Post Office, 1972, in bronze (31mm) (C.1972/5); Official Opening Como Railway Bridge, 1972, in copper (36mm) (C.1972/7); Sydney Opera House Opened, 1973, in zinc (35x55mm) (C.1973/9); Port Arthur Penal Settlement, undated, in bronze (42mm) (C.P/12); Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons, Tasmania, Centenary Medical Research Foundation, 1990, in bronze (51mm); Peter M. Rasmussen/A Building Block for a Permanent Temple, in silvered, (31mm); Masonic appreciation medalet from M.W. J.R.Thomas 1995/96, in bronze (22mm). The first very fine, the rest uncirculated. (10)
Estimate $80
SOLD $80
Trades Hall Assn., fob in gold (9ct, 13.5g, 39x31.5mm) with loop mount, by W.Kerr, inscribed on reverse 'Presented to/Mr.T.Martin/for/Services rendered/Chairman/1929'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $700
Passed in
Centenary of Western Australia, 1929, in copper (39mm) (C.1929/2); Western Australia 150th Anniversary, 1979, Aboriginal art in cupro nickel, Light Horse Memorial in silver (both 43mm) (C.1979/22, 24) (2); Melbourne International Exhibition, 1980, in bronze (38mm) (C.1980/8); Royal Hobart Centenary Regatta, 1938, in tombac silvered (36mm) no loop type (C.1938/12); Melbourne's First Hundred Years, 1934-35, in silvered (31x25mm) with suspension loop (C.1934-35/2). Good very fine - uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Brisbane City Council, pass number 16, undated, in cupro nickel (27mm), two holes at each side, reverse plain. Toned, good very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $100
Passed in
University of Sydney, prize medal in bronze (52.3mm) by A.Wyon, inscribed on reverse, 'B.E.Examination/Mechanical and/Electrical Engineering/Hubert Walter May', in original case marked inside lid 'J.Hurst & Co/4 Hunter St/Sydney'; D'Entrecasteaux Voyage, 1931, in bronze (31mm) by Anie Mouroux, Paris. Extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
Tas. Amateur Boxing & Wrestling Championship, undated, in bronze (54mm) by Golding, obverse, Australian arms within a wreath of Australian native flowers, reverse, a laurel spray and a scroll engraved, 'Heavyweight/Boxing/1931'. Some light areas of verdigris, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $110
Sydney Harbour Bridge Locking, commemorative prepared from 1927 Canberra florin with obverse shaved, pierced hole at top for jump ring, inscribed, 'In Commemoration/of/The Locking/Sydney Harbour Bridge/19-8-30/Ted Wright./Dogman'. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $750
Passed in
Sydney Harbour Bridge, medals, tokens and coins, noted issues C.1932/1, 2, 3, 4, including a reworked version of a medal struck on planchet made from surplus Bridge rivets (C.ZS2), reworked on obverse and with Australia 1932 added, possibly unique, another scarce medal is the bronze Carl Veen/Sydney Harbour Bridge Jubilee Medal (C.1982/32) in 2x2 holder marked 'only 21 struck' and signed C.Veen, a further Carl Veen issue features the same design but detail under bridge altered to '1987/No Toll', various other medals, tokens and coins featuring the bridge, several in silver and a gold issue from the Perth Mint, 2007. Stored in a coin album, some very fine but mostly uncirculated. (42)
Estimate $400
SOLD $420
Sydney Harbour Bridge, opened 1932, in silver (39mm) (C.1932/3), obverse, view of Sydney Harbour, reverse, facade of building, The Big Store/Marcus Clark & Co Ltd/Sydney. Good extremely fine and unique in silver.
Estimate $400
SOLD $600
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Opened 19th March 1932 Inaugural Celebrations, in bronze (51mm) by Amor (C.1932/5) edge impressed, 'Long Reef G.C. N.S.W.G.C. Miss Hanmer & J.C.Sanderson. Mixed Foursomes Handicap. Runners-Up.'. Good extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Passed in
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Opened 19th March 1932 Inaugural Celebrations, in bronze (51mm) by Amor (C.1932/5) edge impressed, 'Specimen Only' Possibly unique, good extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $450
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Opened 19th March 1932 Inaugural Celebrations, uniface of obverse and reverse in copper (51mm) by Amor, made by Christies c1988 (C.1932/5). Good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $250
Passed in
Harbour Bridge Sydney N.S.W. Opened March 19 1932, in silver (63mm) by Angus & Coote, designed by R.M.Phipps (C.1932/7). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $650
Harbour Bridge Sydney N.S.W. Opened March 19 1932, in bronze (63mm) by Angus & Coote, designed by R.M.Phipps (C.1932/7). Good extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $340
Sydney Harbour Bridge, commemorative, souvenir and club badges, mostly enamelled and several tinnies, one a Souvenir of Australia's 150th Anniversary 1938, oval with a panoramic view of the Bridge from Blues Point; included is an oval tinnie-style ladies purse-size mirror with Bridge image on one side, also a gilt bridge commemorative sticker. Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (45)
Estimate $750
SOLD $750
Sydney Harbour Bridge, souvenir and club badges, many enamelled, plus a large tinnie, includes a contemporary pair of silver cufflinks featuring the Bridge, also large and small Bridge uniform buttons by Stokes and Sons, Melbourne and a D.M.R. Toll Supervisor S.H.Bridge badge. Several scarce items, mostly very fine - uncirculated. (39)
Estimate $500
SOLD $460
Sydney Harbour Bridge, booklets and other souvenir items from the 1932 opening period, also a souvenir booklet for the ceremony of setting the Foundation Stone of the Southern Abutment Tower, Dawes Point, 26th March 1925, included are two admission tickets to Reserve Section C for the official opening on 19 March 1932. Mostly very fine or better. (13)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100