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Fort Street School badge, 1849, in silver plate (25x30mm), with lugs on reverse, features image of original school building on badge. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Wesleyan Collegiate Institution, prize medal, 1869, in silver (44x46mm), with ornate edged frame of leaves with an open book at suspension, obverse inscribed, 'Junior/Public Examination at/Sydney University/Passed by/William J. Neill/December, 1869', reverse inscribed, 'Wesleyan Collegiate/Institution./Newington House/Parramatta River/N.S.Wales'. Toned good very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $480
Albert Park School, The Victoria Medal prize, 1879, in silver (38mm), with unofficial brooch fitting on reverse, pin and securing clip missing, obverse, head of Queen Victoria left with legend, 'THE VICTORIA MEDAL', plain reverse inscribed, 'Albert Park/Dux of School/1879/Jessie A McArthur/Jas Smith/Head Master/State School'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
St John's School Darlinghurst, prize medal, 1889, in silver (44mm), reverse inscribed, 'Emma Maude Clarke/Junior Examination/1889'. Toned good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Wrentmore College good conduct medal, (c1890s), in silver (23x31mm), with suspension ring and loop, obverse inscribed, 'Wrentmore/College', reverse inscribed, 'E.Felton/for/Good Conduct'. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Rossendale School, prize medal, 1890, in silver (42mm), obverse, plain disc with raised edge and raised design featuring a shield and scroll with floral decoration above, the shield is inscribed, 'Rossendale/School/Darlinghurst/Xmas/1890' and the scroll is inscribed, 'A.M.Wright. Principal', reverse decorated with a wreath and inside this is inscribed, 'Presented/By/S.Sanford Esq/To/O.Phillips/For/General Improvement.' Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
Catrine Public School, award medal, Donor The Late W.G.Murray Esq, Sydney, New South Wales, undated (1891), in silver (45mm), with suspension ball and ring, plain reverse inscribed, 'Awarded/To/Miss Lizzie W. Winning/For/Superior Knowledge/Of/The Holy Bible/3rd July 1891/Mr. John Beveridge, Teacher'. Toned nearly uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $300
SOLD $260
Scottish School prize medal to Australian, issued in Scotland, 1897, in silver (57x73mm), with suspension ring and loop, hallmarked for Glasgow 1896 by RS (Robert Scott), obverse inscribed, 'Awarded/To/Robert Craig/18th June 1897', reverse inscribed, 'Ardrossan No 2./Public School/Presented By/Mrs Joseph Russell/To/The Dux/In Boys Department/Wm.Comrie, Master'. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
New South Wales University of Sydney, (1902), prize medal in silver (42mm), by Amor, reverse inscribed, 'Senior/Public Examination/1902/Freehand/&/Model Drawing/Winifred Mabel Sophia Eva'. In case by John Hirst & Co, 321 George Street, Sydney, uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Cathedral School Perth, Attendance medal, 1903-06, in silver (36x54mm), with suspension ring and loop, hallmarked for Birmingham 1904, maker W.A (William Aitken), inscribed to, 'J.Bisset/1903-06'. Good very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
New South Wales University of Sydney, (1913), prize medal in silver (42mm), by Amor, reverse inscribed, 'Senior/Examination.November 1913/French/Lancelot Stokes Dudley'. Small metal flaw on obverse edge at 3 o'clock, toned extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Royal Colonial Institute, (1927), prize medal in bronze (39mm), obverse, the institute crest, reverse, wreath and inside inscribed, '1st Prize/Class B/Awarded to/Jean Robison/for/Essay Competition/N.S.W. Branch/1927'. In case of issue by Amor Ltd, toned uncirculated.
Estimate $80
Passed in
Prize medals, (1970s-1990s), The Pittwater House School, in bronze 36mm), with suspension ring, reverse inscribed, 'T.Hay/1979'; Primary Schools Mathematics Competition, in bronze (36mm), reverse inscribed, 'D.Leeder/Yr 4 1994/Tas'; Way College Prize and Medal, For Chemistry, Adelaide, in bronze (51mm), unnamed; Geelong College, in silver (26mm), unnamed; Riverview College, in silver (29mm), unnamed; Turramurra College, in bronze (27mm), reverse inscribed, '1916/Harriers/2nd'; At Peter's College, (Adelaide), in silver (38mm), reverse inscribed, 'F.C.Goodhart/Junior Hurdles/1916'; Sydney Grammar, in bronze (39mm), reverse inscribed, '1919/100 yds under 14/R.B.Stewart'. Very fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $100
Passed in
School award medals, undated (c1980s-1990s), Cranebrook School, in silvered bronze (51mm), unnamed; Ivanhoe Grammar School, in silvered bronze (45mm), unnamed; St. Joseph's College Regatta, in silvered bronze (44mm), reverse inscribed, '1990/Gallagher Prize/French/H. Mackell'; The Canobolas High School, Excellence Award, in bronze (57mm), unnamed, also Achievement Award (38mm) (3) in gilt, reverse inscribed, 'Dux/of Year 8/1983/Melinda Smith', in silvered, unnamed, in bronze, reverse inscribed, '1 st/in Year 8/Language/1981/Natasha/Joo'. Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $70
Passed in
The Amateur Photographer & Cinematographer Medal, in bronze (rectangular 81x82mm), uniface, obverse, man lifting a photo plate from a camera and below a laurel spray above the name of the medal, reverse inscribed, 'H.Chargois'. In original box, this with foxing on lid lining, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
U.P. (United Provinces) Industrial & Agricultural Exhibition, Lucknow, 1936-37, uniface bronze medal (38mm) featuring a symbol of the Oudh Kingdom, the medal affixed to a copper plate (56x71mm), inscribed at top, 'International Photographic/Exhibition' and at the bottom, 'India/H.Chargois'. In unofficial case, uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australia's 150th Anniversary, Commemorative Salon of Photography, 1938, in silvered bronze (64mm) (C.1938/8), by Amor, edge impressed, 'Specimen Only'. Silver coating bare on a few high points, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Broken Hill A.P.S. (Amateur Photographic Society), 1906, in gilt bronze by J.A.R., obverse, naked female wearing a cloak in chariot pulled to right by three horses and extending a wreath in her right hand above the head of a kneeling recipient, sweeping from left bottom and above is a ribbon scroll inscribed, 'Broken Hill A.P.S. 1906', reverse with laurel spray extending from an unfurling scroll inscribed, Enlargements' and above inscribed, 'E.A.Whitehead'. With J.A.Restall case of issue, uncirculated.
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
Federation of Camera Clubs N.S.W., award plaque in bronze (58x74mm), obverse, standing aboriginal left holding boomerang and spears with native flora beside him, reverse, blank, unnamed; J.W.Lindt 1845-1926 Picturesque New Guinea, commemorative award plaque in bronze (59x90mm), obverse, a variety of New Guinea native implements, reverse, blank, unnamed; another award plaque (no name of issuing organization) in bronze (90x59mm), obverse, various aboriginal rock carving artworks, reverse, blank, unnamed. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $120
Harold Casneaux, 1878-1953, "The Bamboo Blind", photography award in bronze (59x92mm), by Amor, unnamed. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Kodak International Salon Australia, award medal In Recognition of Achievement in Photography, undated, in silvered bronze (2), the first (57x4mm) with kneeling aboriginal on obverse and on the reverse stylised school of fish across centre crossed over by a gum leaf spray, the second (58x4.5mm), identical design to first with variations in sizes and positioning of letters but with addition of 'Kodak/International/Salon' below aborigine, both unnamed. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Kodak International Salon of Photography, J.J.Rouse Memorial Award, undated, in silvered bronze (77mm), by Amor Sydney, obverse, bust of J.J.Rouse left, reverse, overlapping world globes showing both hemispheres, unnamed; Kodak, George Eastman medal, undated, in bronze (76mm), by Pinches London, obverse, bust of Eastman left, reverse, 'Presented To/Arthur S.Bonner (engraved)/In Recognition Of/More Than A/Quarter Century/Of Loyal Service/With Kodak'. The second with speckled toning, otherwise extremely fine - nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Professional Photographers of Victoria, Melbourne Centenary, 1934, in bronze (50mm) (C.1934/7), by Stokes, unnamed. Dark toning on right side of obverse, otherwise nearly uncirculated and rare, only 13 minted.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Victorian Salon of Photography, Royal Visit Melbourne, 1954, award medal in bronze (51mm) (C.1954/21), by Stokes Melb., unnamed. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Melbourne Camera Club International Exhibition, undated (1960), award medal in bronze (48x70mm) (C.M/3), by Amor, unnamed; Parliament House Sydney, NSW, c1980, presentation medal in bronze (56mm) (C.P/1); Sydney Harbour Bridge, undated, in bronze (60mm) (C.S/21), uniface with 1229 at bottom edge. The last with residue of adhesive where it has been affixed to something, very fine, the rest nearly uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $120
Passed in
Melbourne Camera Club International Exhibition, undated (1960), in bronze (48x70mm), by Amor (C.M/3), obverse, aboriginal left throwing boomerang with rock carving of kangaroo behind him, in front stars of the Southern Cross, reverse, blank; City of Warrnambool Camera Club, Photographic Award, undated, in bronze (54x79mm) with enamel and gilt crest at top left, reverse, blank, unnamed. Nearly uncirculated - uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Photographic Award, undated (1958), in bronze (53x78mm), uniface and featuring a face behind and looking into a camera viewer, below an enlarged lens inscribed, 'fotoshop 1958/Homeward Bound/P M Deane'. In case of issue by Amor Ltd, this with hinge damaged, small oxidation spot on P of recipient's name, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Photography awards, Australian Photographic Society, undated, in bronze (53x78mm), uniface, obverse Southern Cross at top left and across the centre a modernistic impression of photography, unnamed; the L.A.Newcombe A.F.I.A.P. 1922-1967 Memorial Award, undated, in bronze (79x60mm), uniface, obverse, a fisherman in a boat at night and above an abstract horror image with the scene titled ' Fisherman's Nightmare', unnamed; Australian Photography Magazine award, undated, in bronze (54x122mm), uniface, obverse, abstract art-style trophy, beside and running horizontal to trophy is the name of the magazine as above, unnamed. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $90
SOLD $160
Architects Medallion, New South Wales Board of Architecture, undated, in bronze (64mm), by G.Rayner Hoff. 1927, obverse, mostly naked youth holding a torch and behind at his side and behind is an ancient time learned man (perhaps Archimedes) wearing cap and robes, around the edge the legend, 'To You From Failing Hands We Throw The Torch Be Yours To Hold It High' (taken from John McCrae's WWI poem, In Flanders Field), reverse, logo of the Board with a king's crown, unnamed. With small edge bump at bottom of obverse, good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $130
The Australian Institute of Building, merit award medal, undated, in bronze (64mm), obverse the arms of the Institute, reverse, a symbolic design of the practice of building, unnamed. Some light oxidation in a few spots and a small edge nick, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $60
SOLD $30