Catalogue
Medalets, 1870s-1988, a good selection, includes various issues for local governments, commemorative events, jubilees, royal visits, noted Jubilee of Weslyan Methodist Church (C.1886/2, white metal), Sydney Playgrounds Coronation Souvenir (C.1953/38, gilt), Royal Visit (C.1954/1, bronze), Royal Australian Mint Opened (C.1965/15, silver), Third Asian And Pacific Marketing Conference (C.1968/4, bronze), Papal Visit to Australia (C.1970/56, silvered), Mudgee Sesquicentenary (C.1971/5, bronze), Western Australia 150th Anniversary (C.1979/24, silver), also noted advertising check pieces for E.Way, Draper, Sydney and Coles Book Arcade, Field of Gold An Enchanting Sight. In large black album, all described in 2x2 holders and mostly with Carlisle reference numbers, good - uncirculated. (97)
Estimate $350
SOLD $280
Medalets, 1879-1911, some items include Sydney International Exhibition (C.1879/3a, silver), Departure of N.S.W.Troops for Soudan (C.1885/12, silvered), Launceston Exhibition (C.1898/3, aluminium), Australian Commonwealth Inaugurated (C.1901/57, silver), Empire Day Celebrations (C.A/14, gilt), and many others. All described in 2x2 holders and mostly with Carlisle reference numbers, good - extremely fine. (60)
Estimate $400
SOLD $460
Medalets, 1911-1949, some items include Children's Display Wellington (C.1924/3, gilt), 29th International Eucharistic Congress (C.1928/3, silvered variety with W.J.A. on obverse and Amor on reverse), Sydney Harbour Bridge/J.Cook Baker Paddington (C.1932/2, gilt), Australia's 150th Anniversary (C.1938/4, silvered), Victory Europe-Pacific City of Melbourne (C.1945/5, gilt), Manly Children's Victory Commemoration 1939-45 (C.1945/7, bronze), Dubbo 100 Years (C.1949/2, bronze), many others, also noted prize medal in silver (22mm), hallmarked for Birmingham 1931, featuring a motorcyclist and on reverse, 'S. & D.M.C./12.7.31/A.W.White' (Sidcup & District Motorcycle Club (?) England). All described in 2x2 holders and mostly with Carlisle reference numbers, good - uncirculated. (58)
Estimate $250
SOLD $160
Assorted medals, medalets, badges including, enamelled membership badges, forgeries and replicas of coins including Java, Netherlands East Indies and Chinese replicas, noted Estonia, two kroon, 1952; Irish farthing token and evasion halfpenny of Alfred. Fair - uncirculated. (approx 100)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Medalets and medallions, (87) 1982-2015, also check pieces, bread tokens (92), casino chips (12), wooden nickels (5) and bar tokens (2); Edward VIII fantasy crowns '1936' (18), all in 2x2 holders in plastic album. Fine - uncirculated. (216)
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
H.M.A.S. Tingira, tally or pass in cupro-nickel (31mm) by G.A. Miller/Sydney, reverse stamped 196. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Labor 8 Hour, Sports, medal, in silver (31x42mm), with suspension loop, by Angus & Coote, unnamed. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Union badges, Municipal & Employees Union of NSW; Letterpress, Printers, Machinists Union of NSW; Federated Ironworkers Assn; Trolley, Draymen & Carters Union, 1917; Trolley, Draymen & Motor Drivers Union, 1926; others, include Printers Union (2); P.R.E.A.; Waterside Workers Federation; Victorian Railways Institute; also, 125th Anniversary commemorative ACTU ribbon 1956-81 (Smith 427, 477, 544, 294, 652, 662, 713); plus various other items. Mostly very fine - uncirculated. (19)
Estimate $220
SOLD $700
Union badge, Fed(erated) Storemen & Packers Union of Australia, Member 1950-51, type with additional 'wings' added (Smith 360). Extremely fine and scarce.
Estimate $60
SOLD $250
S.A.R. (South Australian Railway), Mech Branch, workers passes (32mm) in white metal No 274; chrome plated No 1064 and brass Nos 1538 and 1539. Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $100
Passed in
Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, members badges, 1913, 1917, 1919, 1920 (2 types), 1921 (2 types), 1929 (2 types), 1936, 1937, 1938 (2 types), 1941 and 1949. Fine - very fine. (15)
Estimate $100
SOLD $240
Agricultural medals and badges, includes souvenir of 1948 Royal Show (C.1948/2), a selection from Royal Agricultural Society of NSW including exhibitor medal of 1988, Royal National Assn. Brisbane member, 1988 and lady member 1956; also, RAS of Victoria child entrance token and attendants passes for 1936 and 1937. Fine - uncirculated. (26)
Estimate $90
Passed in
Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, member's badges, various dates from 1954 to 1977, includes Lady Member and Lady's Badge. Mostly very fine - extremely fine. (22)
Estimate $90
SOLD $240
Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, a group of badges and medals, including Member's Guest, Lady's, Lady Member, Supporter, For Service, Exhibitor, Events, some duplication. Mostly extremely fine - uncirculated. (30)
Estimate $90
Passed in
N.S.W.LGU, (Ladies Golf Union), badge in sterling silver and enamel (4, two types, pin back, one with safety chain); Quota Club International, lapel badge in silver and enamel, pin back and with chain attached to another pin back silver and enamel scroll badge, 'Past President'; Australia Junior Red Cross, lapel badge in gilt and enamel, pin back; Anzac Appeal pin; Tin Hat Day badge. The third last very fine, the rest extremely fine - uncirculated. (8)
Estimate $50
Passed in
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 $50
Passed in
Sailing, rowing and related badges, includes NSW 12ft Sailing Club; Balmoral 12ft Sailing Club; Vaucluse Amateur 12ft Sailing Club; M.S.C. 14ft (Mosman); L.R.C. 1886 (rowing club); Rex Launch Club, member (13), plus a small group of membership badges (9). Very fine - extremely fine. (22)
Estimate $90
Passed in
Badge collection, includes Sydney Cricket Ground membership badge 1928-1929; Justice of the Peace lapel badge; Member badges for Royal National A&I Association of Queensland 2006, 2007, 2008, Royal Agricultural & Horticultural Society of South Australia, 1986, 2010, 2013, Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria 1987, 1991, 1992, Royal National Capital Agricultural Society, 2006; NED (Kelly) badge Sydney Royal Easter Show; Equestrian Team Supporter lapel badge. Extremely fine - uncirculated. (14)
Estimate $70
Passed in
Enamelled badge collection, includes mostly RSL Clubs but also some bowling and other clubs as well as some church organisation groups and a Kia Ora 1969 inscribed on a plain disc badge, 'The OK Line/McCormick Line/OK All Over The World' (c1914, by Van & Express Coy, Illinois, USA) check and a few tinnies. Stored in a white album, fine - extremely fine. (135)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Masonic, United St Andrew Lodge Singleton No 34, Royal Arch Secretary's jewel in 9ct gold (approx net wt 19.0g), by D.McDougall, reverse inscribed, 'Presented/to/Bro. E.H.Dixon/by the Members of/Lodge United St Andrews No.34 Singleton/17.3.20'. Uncirculated.
Estimate $350
SOLD $300
Masonic, Leichhardt Lodge Past master's jewel in 9ct gold (approx net wt 13.10g), with gold initials, 'CR' affixed to ribbon, reverse inscribed, 'Pres. To/Wor.Bro.C.S.Roberts/By The Bretheren Of/Lodge Leichhardt No.379/As A Token Of Esteem/24.5.23'; Carpentaria A.F.M., W. & Orphans Institution, Life Governor jewel in gilt, reverse inscribed, 'Pres. To/Wor.Bro./L.W.Roberts/By The/Bretheren Of/Gregory Lodge/No.504 U.G.L.Q./Life Governor/Wor./Master/1966/1967'. The second with case, very fine - extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Masonic, Mark Master Mason jewel, reverse inscribed, 'Pres To/Rt Wor Bro T.Spence/20.10.34'; Royal Arch Chapter No.69 PZ jewel in silver and enamel, with ribbon clasp inscribed, '1934/1st Principal/1935', reverse inscribed, 'Pres to/V.Ex.Comp. T.Spence/By the/Companions/of the Chapter/1950-51'; Beaudesert Lodge U.G.L.O. No 379 Past Master's jewel in 9ct gold (approx net wt 13.6g), by Rothwells Ltd, Brisbane, with gold monogram initials, 'TS', affixed to ribbon, reverse inscribed, 'Pres To/Wor. Bro. T.Spence/By the Bretheren of/the Lodge/24.9.38'; Aged Masons Widows & Orphans Institution jewel with Queensland suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Pres To/Wor. Bro. T.Spence/By/Beaudesert Lodge/No 379 U.G.L.Q/1949'. Two in cases of issue, good very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $290
SOLD $180
Masonic, Scottish Royal Arch Chapter Companion's jewel in gilt, with gilt and enamel suspension bar 'Founder'; Royal Select Master jewel in gilt and enamel, with large St George and the dragon emblem affixed to ribbon; Chapter Electron suspension pin ; Royal Arch Triple Tau ribbon emblem; Advanced Mark jewel in gilt, reverse inscribed, 'J C (?)/30.11.54'; Mark Master Mason jewel; Freemason's Benevolent Institution (FBI), Life Governor jewel in gilt and enamel, reverse impressed number B5624; another with four stars affixed to ribbon, reverse impressed number 671; King Solomon Dulwich No.251, Fifty Years in Freemasonry jewel in gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Wor. Bro./J.N.Quinnell.init. 24th Jan. 1940/as a token/of esteem'; also Great Britain, Worthing Education Committee, Two (inscribed) Years Perfect Attendance medal in white metal, reverse inscribed, '1907 N.Ball'; another but for Four (inscribed) years in bronze, reverse inscribed, '1909 N.Ball'. Together with two cases, very fine - uncirculated. (11)
Estimate $80
SOLD $50
Masonic, Royal Arch Chapter PZ jewel in gilt, reverse inscribed, 'Presented to/Ex Comp. H.J.Chardon/by the Companions/of/Hurstville R A Chapter/No 51 N.S.W.C/As a token of esteem/27:4:65'; Order of the Secret Monitors First Degree jewel with ribbon clasp named, 'Harold Chardon'; Masonic Centre of New South Wales jewel, reverse inscribed, '62/H.Chardon/Lo. No. 701' (blue & dark yellow ribbon); another identical, reverse inscribed, 'W.Bro.H.Chardon/Lo.Hillcrest No.480/40' (dark blue ribbon); NSW Masonic Youth Welfare Fund Subscriber jewel, reverse inscribed, '3310', with gold neck ribbon, in box marked, 'C3310/Wor.Bro. H.Chardon/Lo.St.George United/No.480'. Extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Masonic, Warringah Rose Croix Chapter, appreciation jewel in gilt and enamel with bottom suspension bar stamped 18ct, reverse inscribed, 'Pres To/V.Ill Bro. J.F.W.Kaw/by the Ill & Ex & Per Bretheren/As a token/of esteem/7.8.65'; another similar but from Narooma Rose Croix Chapter, in gilt and enamel with bottom suspension bar stamped 18ct, reverse inscribed, 'Pres. To/M.Ill.Bro.Dr.Julian F.Kaw 33 (degree)/by the Bretheren of/Narooma Rose Croix Chapt. No.37 A.C./as a token of esteem/1965-66'; Scottish Rite Rose Croix Knight of the East (or Sword) jewel in gilt and enamel, unnamed; Allied Masonic Degrees, Sydney Council No.48 marked on suspension bar for set of five miniatures mounted in order, St Lawrence the Martyr, Knights of Constantinople, Grand Tiler of Solomon, Red Cross of Babylon, Grand High Priest. The last group in case, extremely fine. (3 + set of 5)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Masonic, Scottish Royal Arch Chapter Companion's jewel in silver, non-voided design by Rothwells Ltd; another Royal Arch Chapter Companion's jewel but voided design in gilt; G.L.O. G.L.E. Babinda Lodge No.35, Special Services Rendered jewel in silvered and enamel, reverse inscribed, 'Pres To/Bro/O.R.Woods C.P/for/Special Services/Rendered/1956'; Royal Ark Mariners Grand Officer's jewel in silver, reverse inscribed, 'Presented To/Wor.Bro. W.S.Allerdice/By the Bretheren of/Ill. St George Royal Ark Mariners/Lodge No.34/24.11.38'; suspension pin bar only for Apollo Bay, in 9ct gold (approx wt 3.1g excluding base metal pin). Very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Masonic Past Master's jewel, in gilt sterling silver, Matthew Flinders Lodge No 414 UGLQ, features a star above a wreath and inset into the star is a 10pt diamond, reverse inscribed, 'Pres. To/Wor. Bro./W.R.E.Allen P.M./as a/token of esteem/by/the bretheren/15.4.61'; also Royal Arch Chapter Companion's breast jewel, in gilt sterling silver, unnamed. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $50
Passed in
Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes, Chief Primo jewel in gilt and enamel with enamelled E star affixed to ribbon, reverse inscribed, 'R.A.O.B.G.A.B./R Kimberlay (sic)/Lodge Lidcombe/No 165/11.3.40.'; Past Chief Primo jewel in gilt and enamel, reverse inscribed, 'R.A.O.B.G.A.B./Pres To/Bro. R.Kimberley. C.P./By/Lodge Lidcombe No 165/for/Services Rendered/1949'; Knight of Merit jewel with suspension clasps, 1st Deg: 14.2.46, 2nd Deg: 11.3.48, 3rd Deg: 24.8.50, reverse inscribed, 'R.A.O.B. G.A.B./Pres. To/Bro: R.Kimberley K.O.M./By/Lodge Lidcombe. No.165/On his elevation'; Chief Primo apron in satin and leather; Knight of Merit apron in velvet and leather, also velvet and braid decorated pair of cuffs (not marked KOM); Knight of Merit sash decorated with gold braid and KOM in gold braid and with gilt metal knight on horseback; United Grand Lodge of New South Wales, approved revisions and alterations of the Book of Constitutions, Sydney, January 1949, hard cover, pp194, with illustrations. The last free of foxing and virtually unused, the rest fine - very fine. (7 + set of cuffs)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes jewels, includes City of the Plains Lodge No 151 (2), one for Services Rendered (1958) and another for Services rendered as Treasurer (undated), both named to Bro C.Stone C.P.; Lodge Griffith No 202, Founder jewel for Services rendered as Founder 11-11-35 named to Primo A.R.Burton, also a Chief Primo jewel named to A.R.Burton; New Zealand, Royal Burnham Lodge 189 (3), includes an Attendance jewel named to Bro. W.J.Sparkes (1956-57), Minstrel jewel 27-6-57) named to Br. W.J.Sparkes C.P.; Waiter jewel (1957-58) named to Bro. W.Sparkes for services, also ribbon and suspension pin for Primo but no jewel, all ribbons have affixed a fern leaf with N.Z across middle, three jewels appear to be silver and the rest gilt. Very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $100
SOLD $60