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Tasmanian International Exhibition, 1891-2, award medal, in silver (32mm) and bronze (32mm) (C.1891-2/4), both unnamed. Good fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Queensland Ambulance Transport Brigade (Q.A.T.B.) badge, in silver (31mm) handmade by W.Pratt, Brisbane Street, Ipswich, 1892-1900, the cross is voided with a piece of red cloth placed behind, held in place by the clip on the back. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
The National Agricultural & Industrial Association of Queensland, 1894, prize medals, in silver (51mm) and bronze (51mm) by J.S.& A.B.Wyon, first medal inscribed on reverse 'Exhibition/1894/Marshall & Slade/Shorthorn Bull/'Ashby'; second inscribed 'Exhibition/1894/Marshall & Slade/Merino/Fine Woolled/Ram/Under/18 months'. Surface marks in fields on first medal, light spotting on obverse of second medal, otherwise good extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $220
SOLD $340
Queen Victoria, Jubilee, 1897, mostly in gilt and bronze, including (C.1897/6, /10[2], /22, /23, /25, /26 [3], /29[2], /40, /42, /69[2], /70, /71, /80, /82[2], /87[2] silver, /88[2], /89). All pierced at top, good - very fine. (25)
Estimate $160
SOLD $200
Australian colonial scrimshaw bullock horn, undated, with end caps intact and thus scarce, engraved with two large Celtic designs and inscribed to, JAMES FOWLER with a Maltese cross separating the names. Very fine piece of Australian colonial history.
Estimate $1,000
Passed in
Royal Geographical Society, award medal in silver (39mm), inscribed for 'Percy/Nichols/1900' (Eimer 1652). Beautifully toned, uncirculated, in original Wyon case of issue.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Blayney A&P Assoc, 1905, award fob in gold (9ct; 2.92g; 34mm), handcrafted, reverse inscribed, 'awarded to/Walter Marsh/for best Horse Shoes./light & heavy.' Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Prize fobs, 1905-1909, won by L.Greive, five in silver a few with gold plating and all hallmarked, one of these inscribed, 'Public/Schools Swimming/Carnival. 1908./Dining Compt./1st Prize. Pres By./W Kerr. Won by/L.Greive' and one fob in 9ct gold (3.18g) with initials 'LG' on obverse and reverse inscribed, 'N.B.S.P.S./L.Grieve (sic)/Swimming Champion/1909.'; Royal N.S.W. Bowling Association badge with Official Umpire brooch bar; another identical badge without brooch bar; Warrawee Bowling Club badge with brooch bar marked 'Lou Greive'; Sydney Cricket Ground 1975-1976 Member badge; N.S.W. Leagues Club 1989 Member badge. Very fine - good very fine. (11)
Estimate $150
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Life Saving Medals, Royal Life Saving Society, bronze medallions various types, shades and sizes from 25mm to 32mm (14), also includes the Intermediate Star (4), the Bronze Star (3) and the Bronze Cross, various dates ranging from 1907 to 1969. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (21)
Estimate $200
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Sydney Skating Rink, admission ticket, 1907, season pass in cupro-nickel (35x22mm), obverse with skating rink building, reverse with impressed number 537, together with attached fob chain clip for wearing. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $70
The Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, in 15 carat gold (30mm) 'W.Forsyth/Lincoln Ram/1910'. Nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $400
SOLD $800
Victoria Country Fire Brigades Board, Long Service badge in silvered brass and enamel (2, the first with Stokes & Sons/Melbourne on reverse in 2-lines, the second with same maker in 2-lines but with the first line arched); Country Fire Brigades Member badge by Bridgland & King, 289 Lt.Lon.St; CFBD 1910 Bendigo, voided badge with suspension loop, by Stokes & Sons Melb; Country Fire Brigades Demonstration Bendigo 1938 badge, by Stokes Melb; Country Fire Brigades Demonstration Warrnambool 1937 badge, by Stokes Melb. Very fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Albury & Border Pastoral & Agricultural Society, in bronze (48mm) by Stokes & Martin, three medals awarded to 'Jas Symington for Champion Durham Bull', 1910, 1911 and 1913; also Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, in silver (35mm) by Stokes & Martin 'James Symington/1906'. Good extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $350
SOLD $600
Y(oung) A(ustralia) L(eague), Welcome Home badge, 1911-1912, in gilt bronze (34x28mm), with pin suspension, by J.C.Taylor, ribbon missing; silver prize fob medal, reverse inscribed, 'H.R.C.C./50M Time Trial/1923/Third/C.Pratt/2Hrs 37M. 40S.'; various other badges and pins, mostly enamelled, and a few tinnies. Poor - extremely fine. (38)
Estimate $50
SOLD $110
Medalets, including State of Queensland; Coronation (C.1911/22); Coronation Ashfield (C.1911/24); St Johns Church, Newton Tasmania (C.1916/9); Victorian Coronation (C.1937/10); Manly Childrens Victory (C.1945/7); Royal Tour (C.1954/2); Angus & Coote, Jewellers, Coronation 1953; Lithgow Small Arms Factory, 50th Anniversary (C.1962/?); Victory/Peace (C.1919/2) partly finished; Two-up penny commemorative, 1980s; Magician 'All Seeing Eye'; Archibald Fountain Golden Jubilee, 1932-1982, struck in silver. Mostly very fine - uncirculated, includes several scarce items. (13)
Estimate $150
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Wool & Basil Workers Association of N.S.W., 1911, union badge No.247, oval (19.5x28.5mm) in aluminium with pierced hole at horizontal sides for wearing, by G.A.Miller, reverse impressed, '1912/54'. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Arthur Yates & Co.Ltd., award medal in silver (39mm) by Amor, reverse inscribed 'Prevost Bros/Moss Vale/1912'. In original printed display box, edge bump, toned, good extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Political, gilt medalet (23mm), 'Vote for Hollis' (c1914); tin badge (23mm), 'Vote 6 Victoria's Referendum'; patriotic badge in gilt and enamel, Advance Australia Coat of Arms voided; Johns and Skinner reverse blank in bronze (20mm). Very fine - good extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Catrine Public School, award medal, Donor The Late W.G.Murray Esq, Sydney, New South Wales, undated (1914-15), in silver (45mm), hallmarked for Birmingham 1914 by maker J.C & S (Joseph Cook & Son Ltd), with suspension ball and ring, reverse inscribed, 'Awarded To/Master Willie Gibb/For/Religious Knowledge/Session 1914-15/John Monie, F.E.I.S./Headmaster'. Nearly uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $400
SOLD $300
Gold fob, (9ct, 4g, 27mm), with black grosgrain ribbon bands either side and gold shields (9ct)(2) inscribed with an 'E'; RAAF sweetheart badge, pin-backed, boomerang shaped. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society of South Australia, (undated), in silver (69mm) by J.S.& A.B.Wyon, edge inscribed 'Awarded to Castle Salt Co-op Co Ltd For Collection of Salt - Sept 1917'. Edge nicks, very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $350
Handcrafted fob, in gold (9ct, 4.3g, 30mm) inscribed on reverse 'Castlemaine/Hill Climb/won by/H.A.Parsons/26.1.18'. Very fine.
Estimate $750
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Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, members badge, 1918; Bendigo College badge; Speed Munitions and Guns, 1914-1918 triangular badge; White Australia/Protection badge; Federated Society Boilermakers & Iron Shipbuilders Australia in silver and enamel, three other Union badges; and Australia patriotic badge, Birmingham by W & S. Fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $250
SOLD $270
Wesley College Melbourne, prize medal, undated (1919), in bronze (51mm), obverse, college arms, reverse inscribed, 'Sports Meeting/C.J.Macfarlane/100 yards Under 14/Champion/1919'; another identical, reverse inscribed, 'High Jump Under 15/1920/C.J.Macfarlane'. Both in cases of issue by Stokes & Sons Pty Ltd, Melbourne, the second medal with several small scratches on reverse, otherwise both virtually uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $200
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Mackay P.R.F. Association, A.P. and I. Show, in silver (30mm) by Stokes & Sons, inscribed on reverse Awarded To 'Miss F.Morgan./Landscape In/Oils. (Copy)/1st Prize/1922'. Handling and scuff marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $250
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School award medals, undated, in bronze (6), including Geelong Grammar (51mm) by Stokes, inscribed on reverse 'Endowment/Trust/Visitor'; Melbourne Church of England Grammar (47mm), inscribed on reverse '1st/Throwing Cricket Ball/1923/C.W.Arnold/95¬ yds'; Wesley College Melbourne (51mm) inscribed on reverse '1945/Long Jump/Under 14 Champ/K.P.Chancellor'; Newman College University of Melbourne, Albert Power Debating Society (54mm) unnamed; Toowoomba Church of England Boys School (53mm), unnamed; Queensland University of Technology, Malcolm Moore Medallion (51mm), unnamed. Very fine - nearly extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $150
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Swimming, selection of swimming prize medals, Hurstville Amateur Swimming Club noted, also London Banks Amateur Swimming Assn prize medals in silver (27mm), 1923; another, 1926; London Schools Swimming Association (41x30mm), 1927. Fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $80
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Religious medals and badges, silver and gold medal, awarded to 'Edna Melling/For/Highest Collection/Mosman Baptist Church/Building Fund/1923', sterling silver partly gold faced (35x38mm); Australian Bicentennial 1788-1988, 'Robert Schuller Ministries, 1987' C.B. 1988/296; various badges, including Sydney Biblical Exhibition, 1936; Presbyterian Church of Victoria, C.E. 10th World's Convention, Melbourne, 1938; National Eucharist Congress, Sydney, 1953; City Temple Church of Christ, undated; Waverley Christian Community Centre, undated; 29th International Eucharistic Congress, 192-?, Sydney, Christian Education badge (30mm), undated; 21mm outer 15ct gold ring with crown 'Viriliter Agite' voided within circle, undated; C.C.C. below crown and Latin motto, by Angus & Coote; a small group of Papal badges; also, a small badge with the portrait of Christ (22mm) and Philippines Metropolitan Cathedral of Manila medal, Archdiocese 1558-1958 (43mm). Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (21)
Estimate $160
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Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, silver prize cup (1.215kg, .925, 35x25.5x15cm) by W.Kerr (Jeweller, 542-544 George St., Sydney), with engraved wheat harvesting scene, on an oak wooden base (22.5x10cm) with silver plaque (10x4cm) by Kerr, inscribed 'Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W./Easter Show - Sydney 1926/North North-West Wheat Area Championship/Field Wheat Competition 1925-6/1st Prize Awarded to Chaffey Brothers/'Nemingah House' Tamworth'. Small dent in base of cup, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $650
Gold fob award medals, 15 carat 'C.A.Flay ... for Public Services .. in Denmark' (West Australia) (40x30mm, 7.25g); Points Competition, 1926-27, won by E.J.Hodges A.J.S.M.C.C in 15 carat gold (33mm; 14.57g); 9 carat by Goldings for AFL (uninscribed)(38x25mm; 3.92g); plus silver by WJD, hallmarked Birmingham. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $800
SOLD $720