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Thailand, oval medal in copper 53x44mm, issued to commemorate the Consecration Ceremony of Prince Pavares, type I, issued for November 27, 1891, obv. monks alms bowl containg lustral water, (Thai Treasury Dept. Rattanakosin bicentennial volume p.72-73). Good very fine, rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
USA, Maj Genl W.H.Harrison Presidential campaign hard times token, 1840, in brass (23mm) (De Witt WHH-1840-54), holed at top edge; The 100th Anniversary of American Independence, Great International Exhibition, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia, 1876, in walnut timber (62mm), obverse, George Washington head right. Very fine - nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $160
USA, Los Angeles Olympics 1932 Participant's Medal, in bronze (69mm), design by Julio Kilenyi, minted by Whitehead-Hoag, USA, obverse, standing athlete carrying an unfurled banner of Xth Olympiad, reverse, two seated female figures holding shield of the United States between them, one female holds an olive branch and the other a shield bearing the seals of the State of California and also the City of Los Angeles, at the far left is a California poppy plant. Dark toned, otherwise very fine and very scarce.
Estimate $250
SOLD $440
USA, U.S. Customs Inspector's hat badge, c1950s, in gilt silvered and enamel, numbered on reverse at top, 6088. Very fine.
Estimate $40
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USA, Eisenhower Trophy money clip, 1960s, in sterling silver (64x24mm; 51.4g), features a golf club laying on a scroll bearing the competition name, 'Eisenhower Trophy Palm Springs Golf Classic' and below three of the Palm Springs competition courses, Eldorado, Bermuda Dunes, and Indian Wells, and at the top is displayed a cluster of 5 stars for President Eisenhower, on the reverse is the stylised name of the maker, Ruser; also an Essex Motors car owner's gilded and enamel badge (37x41mm), 1918-22. Toned, good very fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $90
SOLD $50
Vatican City, souvenir medallion in 18ct gold (17mm; 3.5g), obverse, Pope Paul VI 1975. Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
World medals, includes Australia, France, Germany, Great Britain and South African issues, noted Australia, Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Yachting Regatta, 1970, in bronze (38mm), WWII 60th Anniversary, 2005, in bright bronze (38mm), cased, various other commemoratives and a few tinnies and badges; France, Tahiti medal featuring Wallis, Bougainville and Cook, undated, in bronze (53.5mm), in circular case, the medal with much spotty toning; Germany, Hyper Inflation/Suffering of the German People, 1923, in bronze (31mm); Great Britain, Baptist Union 20th Century Fund/The Dawn of The Twentieth Century, 1900, in white metal 44mm), British Empire Exhibition, 1924, in bronze (51mm) (BHM 4193; Eimer 1987) (Unc), in case of issue, large brass (77x86mm), voided souvenir medals for Tower Bridge, and another for Mousehole, Cornwall, various other commemoratives and souvenirs; South Africa, commemoratives for Coronation, 1937, in bronze (32x35mm), and Royal Visit, 1947, in bronze (32x35mm). Fine - uncirculated. (38)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
World medals and badges, Australia, Royal Agricultural Society of Tasmania, 1978 badge; Belgium, Basilica of Our Lady of Scherpenheuvel 200th Anniversary, 2014; Brabant crest, 1988; Great Britain, Royal Life Saving Society bronze medals (3, two types), also Award of Merit; Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, The United Alkalai Co Ltd, 25 Years Service medal in silver and enamel; Opening of Birmingham University, 1909; CEMS (Church of England Men's Society) lapel badge; Church Lads' Brigade, Winning Squad, pin back medal; London Business House A.S.A. (Amateur Sporting Assn) medal; The Round Table Service medal; West Ham School Sports Assn; Urban District of Hornchurch, Youth Athletic Sports; Swansea & District Master Bakers & Confectioners Exhibition, (1956); Union badges for National Union of Railwaymen (2 different), and Womens Association Fair Trade Imperial Union; also TRL (Tariff Reform League) pin; Germany, advertising check for a skin and hair specialist in Berlin on a French Society of Biosthetics medal; Sweden, Swedish Song Contest medal, missing ribbon; unidentified, SWRC (Smith & Wesson Rifle Club?), badge and a monogrammed cross (AHA?); also NATO challenge coins, Belgium Force Protection Air Component; Shape, the German Staff and Supply Company, Chief's medal of recognition; and MR Joining Forces medallion; and a small lapel badge featuring a stylised F over small V on a shield, by Jean Parrot. Fine - good very fine. (28)
Estimate $70
SOLD $40
World medals, Australia, The Bicentennial of the First Fleeters, 1987, in silver (50mm); Australia's Numismatic History, 1988, in silver (44mm); France, The Shooters Society of Reims founded in 1876, in silver (45mm), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, undated, in bronze (72mm), by Morlon; Great Britain, St George's Rifles Challenge Cup, c 1800s, in silver (51mm), by C.E.Bryant of London; Italy, Pope John XXIII Roma, c mid 1900's, in Cu/Ni (50mm), by A.E.Lorioli Fratelli of Italy. The 3rd and last medal in unofficial holders, otherwise in cases of issue, uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $70
SOLD $130
World sports medals, Australia, Northern Territory Little Athletics Association, Territory Championships, undated, in bronze (50mm); Belgium, Royal Rasante Tennis Club, Brussels, in bronze (45x85mm), reverse 'Hockey Champions' and various years 1953-57; France, Voile D'Or Cinzano, (1968), in silvered (50mm), to Yacht Club of L'Odet: Youth and Sports medal, undated, in silver (?) (28x36mm); Great Britain, Sunbeam Motor Cycle Club, The Pioneer Run, (1914), in bronze (51mm); London County Council Amateur Athletic Championships, (1949), in bronze (38mm); All England Jumping Course, Hickstead, Mens European Championship, 1969, in bronze (51mm); Crasmere Wrestling Academy, Umpire, undated, in painted fibre (47mm), uniface; Ireland, Feis an Dun, undated, in gilt and enamel (29mm), (a hurling event of the Gaelic Athletic Annual); Netherlands, athletics medal for competition in Arnhem, 1932, in bronze (50mm); Sports Circle of General Savings and Annuities, 1962, in bronze (42mm); New Zealand Amateur Roller Skating Association, (1959), in silver (32mm), with ribbon and pin brooch bar; Oceania Taekwondo Championship, undated, in enamel and bronze (74mm), with neck ribbon, unnamed. Fine - extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
World fire related medals and badges, Austria, Fire Service breast badges (2, one silvered and one bronze), pin back; Germany, Westphalia, Rhine Westphalia Firefighters' Association Festival at Hamm, 1866, in white metal (33mm), with suspension loop and ribbon; USA, Chicago Laid Waste By Fire 1871, proof-like commemorative medal, 1971, in copper (44mm). Very fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $100
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World medals, Austria, Hermann von Helmholtz Memorial Medal, 1894, in bronze (41x51mm), by Josef Tautenhayn, obverse, bust of von Helmholtz right, reverse, crowned female facing and holding laurel wreath aloft in right hand and her left hand resting on a shield, in the left corner a scroll and symbol for Vienna University; France, Full-Time School of Medicine and Pharmacy of Marseille prize medal, 1912-13, in bronze (41mm), by Dupre, obverse, bust of Asclepius left and his staff behind, reverse, wreath with name of School inscribed around the outside and inside inscribed, '1912-1913/BRUN/Marie. Marguerite/2me. PRIX/Sages-Femmes/2me Annee (2nd Prize Midwives 2nd Year). Both medals in cases of issue, extremely fine - uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $70
SOLD $100
World fire brigade medals, Austro-Hungarian 25 Years Faithful Duty in Fire and Rescue Service Medal; Germany, Bavaria Fire Brigade 25 Years Long Service Medal; Hungary, 10 Years Long Service Medal. Fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $100
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World medals, Belgium, Annual Market at Jette, 1925, in gilt bronze (50mm); Woluwe-Saint-Lambert tribute medal, (1970), in silvered bronze (51mm), named to M.Georges De Lannoy, President of 'Vivre Et Faire Vivre' (to Live and Make Live); Commissioner General of Tourism medal, undated, in gilt bronze (60mm), inscribed to 'Charlier Emile/Wavre'; P.M.B. Antwerp Acknowledgement of Service medal, undated, in bronze (70mm), named to H.Verbeeck, Hoboken (a Flemish artist from Hoboken, Belgium); France, Paris Universal Exposition, 1867, in bronze (37mm); Lloyd De France-Vie medal, 1919-1944, in bronze (49mm); Town of Saint Quentin award medal, undated, in bronze 41mm), unnamed; Germany, Altona Exhibition prize plaque, 1869, in bronze (60mm), uniface with attachment lug on reverse; Italy, Rome Capital of Italy SPQR, 1870-1970, in bronze (49mm); Spain, Hotel Los Patos at Benalmadena-Costa, undated, in white metal (37mm); unidentified prize plaque with coat-of-arms only, undated, in bronze (92x72mm), uniface with two attachment points on reverse. Fine - good very fine. (11)
Estimate $50
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World shooting medals, includes Belgium, Marche en Famenne (town in Luxembourg Province), International Shooting Challenge C.O.R.B., 1998, Netherlands issues for FKPA (4, three circular with one in gilt and two white metal and another square type dated 1979); six others (4 different types, one for Ladies), with no name of issuer but with some Dutch text on reverse such as Luchtgeweer (air gun) and Luchtkarabijn (air carbine); another with an air gun on obverse but plain reverse; another which has on the reverse, 'SAKAL/GENK'; France, no issuer name but French text on reverse. Mostly extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $50
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World medals, includes Belgium, Namur Lourdes medal; Jubilee of Brasschaat-Scherpenheuvel, 1953; Philanthropic Medal of the Rural Service for the Mediation of Debts (S.R.M.D. Service Rural de Mediation de Dettes), with crown emblem on ribbon; Antwerp Dioceesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes Medal; Flemish National Pilgrimage from Antwerp to Lourdes Medal (2, different ribbons); Diocesan Pilgrimages from Namur (French text); unidentified religious medal for Mother of God, with ribbon; Great Britain, Pilgrimage medal 1934 (to Lourdes) by Spencer & Co, London; Northampton & District Eisteddfod, undated in silver and enamel, hallmarked for London 1974; Ladies Circle Great Britain & Ireland, Past Chairman, in silvered and enamel, brooch bar marked Clevedon & District; another but in gilt and enamel, for Area No.28 and with ribbon brooch bar marked Past Area Chairman; RNLI Ladies Life Boat Guild (GVR), with Committee ribbon brooch bar; shooting medal, unnamed and with ribbon with affixed crossed oak leaves emblem and 6 YDS clasp and ribbon brooch bar, 'Hinckley & Distr. A.W.C.'; RoSPA (Royal Society for Prevention of Accidents) National Safe Driving Award, 5 Years, with ribbon brooch bar '1970'; New Zealand, North Otago Pipe & Dancing award medal; an unidentified medal with no text. Fine - extremely fine. (17)
Estimate $50
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World medals, includes Belgium, Tribute to Ottignies, 1919, in silver (28mm), with ribbon bow; Never Work for the Enemy Tribute to the National Federation of Refractory Postal Workers and Deportes, undated, in bronze (60mm square); ANPCV (Amicale Nationale Para Commando Vriendenkring) National Para Commando Association Order of Merit in bronze, missing ribbon; France, Franco Prussian War Veterans Tribute, undated, in bronze (30x41mm), with suspension and ribbon; Suresnes Tribute to Prisoners of War, 1917, in silver (28mm), with suspension loop; 50th Anniversary Tribute to Combatants of Colonial Troops, 1990, in bronze (60mm); Hungary, Papa Air Base, Heavy Lift Air Wing, Service Medal, undated, in oxidised silvered (37mm); NATO Advisory Council on Signals Intelligence 20 Years Anniversary, 2002, in gilt, bronze and enamel (42mm); Spain, Juan Gregorio De Las Heras Tribute of the Argentine People in Reparation of His Remains, 1906, in bronze (30mm), with suspension loop. Fine - good very fine. (9)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
World medals, includes Belgium, Red Cross Recognition to Blood Donors, undated, in bronze (50mm); Great Britain, The Great Exhibition of London, 1851, uniface trial in dark plaster (74mm) (BHM 2446; Eimer 1458), features reverse only; untitled award medal For Writing, Reward of Superioir Merit, undated, in white metal (44mm); Europe, medallic ecu, 1987, in gilt (40mm); New Zealand, Queen Victoria Jubilee, 1897, in bronze (24mm); Rhodesia, Arts & Crafts Exhibition Rhodesia Railways, undated, in bronze (50mm), reverse impressed, 'Rohan Preece/1971/Miscellaneous'; South Africa, George VI Coronation, 1937, in gilt bronze (32x35mm); Souvenir of Table Mountain S.A. Aerial Cableway, undated, in aluminium (33mm); USA, Dr Woodrow Wilson Calendar 1901-1950 Medal, 1912, in aluminium (45mm), reverse rotates to reveal day, month, year. Good - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
World medals, includes Belgium, Bruxelles Workers' Housing Committee of Patronage Order and Properness Competition, 1907, in bronze (51mm); Antwerp Brabo Bestendig Festival, 1954, in bronze (70mm); Brussels 11th International Exhibition of Inventors, 1962, in gilt (41mm); another identical in white metal; Landenne Walkers of Friendship, undated, in white metal (45mm); France, Town of Lille award medal, undated, in bronze (41mm), unnamed; Semur en Auxois in Bourgogne, undated, in bronze (60mm), with quote on reverse to effect that the citizens are fond of strangers; Grand Dictionary Encyclopedia Larousse in 10 Volumes, 1982, in silvered (50mm); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, undated (edge marked 1985), in bronze (68mm), by Paris Mint. Fine - uncirculated. (9)
Estimate $50
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World medals, Belgium, Brussels Police March, (1977), French and Dutch text, in white metal (50mm), with ribbon and brooch bar '1977'; The Villagers at Villers-L'Eveque, (1977), in enamel and white metal (50x54mm), with ribbon and brooch bar '1977'; Chateau du Trumly at Prayon, (1977), in white metal (61x57mm), with ribbon and brooch bar '1977'; Saint-Michel Verviers, (1980), in enamel and white metal (40x64mm), with chain and brooch bar '1980'; Baudouin I, 1930-1951, in gilt and silvered (50x77mm), with ribbon and brooch bar '1983'; France, Town Hotel at Charleroi, (1976), in white metal (56x48mm), with ribbon and brooch bar '1976'; Old Lacroix Mill at Roux, (1977), in gilt and silvered (50x51mm), with ribbon and brooch bar '1977'. Very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $50
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World medals, includes Belgium, wine growing prize medal, (1977), in white metal and gilt (54x49mm), ribbon brooch bar 'Housse/1977', unnamed; France, Encouragement of Agriculture in the Dreux Senonches District, 1907, in silver (36mm); Horticultural Society of the District of Avesnes, undated, in bronze (41mm); Horticultural and Viticultural Society of Eure-et-Loir, undated, in gilt silver (most gilt missing) (41mm); Ministry of Agriculture prize medal, (1961), in silver (50mm) (66.8g); Mutual Agricultural Credit medal, undated, in enamel and bronze (70mm) (centrepiece loose and needs re-gluing); another bronze medal but heavily marked so details illegible; Netherlands, National Exhibition of Cattle Horses and Small Livestock at Gravenhage (The Hague), 1928, in gilt on silver (?), named. Poor - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $50
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World medals, includes Belgium, Lokeren Medal of Gratitude, undated, in silvered (50mm); France, National Acclimatisation Society, (1912), in silver (50mm), reverse inscribed, 'H.E.Dennis/Mammalogie (Mammology)/1912'; Electricty and Gas of France Twenty Years of Service medal, undated, in bronze (55mm), reverse inscribed, 'Mme A.Salome'; Paul Louis Weiller medal, edge dated 1965, in bronze (67mm). Extremely fine - uncirculated. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
World medals, Belgium, Direction of Education and Sports Thanks, 1958, in gilt bronze (50mm); 50th Anniversary of Inter-Municipal Electricity Company, 1901-1951, in bronze (70mm); France, Town of Chatelet prize medal, 1950, in bronze (48mm), obverse, bird in tree, reverse, wreath and inside inscribed, 'Prix de La/Ville de Chatelet/1950'. Good very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $50
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World medals, France, Agricultural award medal, undated, in bronze (50mm), obverse, goddess facing and holding a torch in her left hand and a laurel wreath in her right extended over a beehive, at her left side a small platform with laurel wreaths on top, reverse, various agricultural products and tools, unnamed; Jubilee Scientist Camille Flammarion a dedication plaque from his Admirers and his Friends, 1911, in bronze (85x80.5mm), uniface, obverse, winged figures at top with one holding a wreath over the facing bust of Flammarion, at the right a building and in left corner a globe; Germany, Salomon Heine Hospital, 19th century, in bronze (22mm), obverse, head of Salomon Heine right, at base a German inscription, translates as, 'Charity is the Crown of all Virtues', reverse, the hospital's fa‡ade and above, in German, translates as, 'Hospital of Israel Community' and with 4-line German inscription below; Italy, World Champion Exhibition in Rome, 1925, in bronze (61mm), obverse, head of goddess Fortuna right, reverse, Mercury sitting on a globe with scroll below, unnamed; also two large brass cast copies of antique European medals. The last two poor - good, the rest fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $100
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World sports medals, 1920s-1980s, includes athletics, billiards, cross country, hockey, soccer, swimming, and tennis, a few French and one Australian but mostly English counties and sporting clubs, many with enamel in the style of a fob medal and many unnamed, the Australian medal for St George District Amateur Swimming Association with long silver-like neck chain. A few good but mostly very fine. (34)
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
World sporting medals, France, Cross-Country C.S.I.P.B. medal, (1956), in bronze (50mm), impressed on reverse, '1956/Scolaires (school)/1er'; Great Britain, Civil Service Amateur Swimming Association, (1922), in silvered (31.5mm), reverse inscribed, '100 Yds/Breast Stroke/Championship/3rd/H.Mayhead/1922'; Wycombe P.H. & A.C. fob medal, undated (c1920s), in enamel and silvered (24.5x35mm), with suspension loop; Brighton Parks Lawn Tennis Association, (1935-36), in enamel and bronze (32mm), with suspension loop, by Thomas Fattorini Limited, reverse inscribed, 'Table tennis/Runner Up/Mixed Doubles/1935-36'; The Graham Davis Challenge Cup medal, undated (c1930s), in bronze (45mm), in honour of Graham J Davis for 33 years Honorary Secretary of the Skiff Racing Association, unnamed; Royal Ashdown G.(olf) C.(lub) membership badge, undated, in brass (24x34mm), pierced hole at one end and affixed to a key chain, reverse with impressed number 123; British Bowlers New Zealand Tour, 1960, badge in enamel and gilt (26x31mm), by H.W.Miller Ltd, B'Ham; Netherlands, Olympic's Worker, 1988, uniface plaque in bronze (42x60mm), unnamed; New Zealand, Nicholsons The Community Trust of Wellington Masters Games, in silvered (53mm), with wreath suspension, unnamed. Fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $50
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World medals, France, Ministry of Works Medal with rosette on ribbon, medal named to B.Cottignies 2000; Musical Federation Nord et Pas De Calais decoration, unnamed; 50th Anniversary of French Towns, 1994 in form of a keyring, on reverse, '21-11-1944 Mulhouse 21-11-1994'; Hungary, Commemorative Medal for the Liberation of Upper Hungary 1938; Netherlands, Antiloop Walking Club, Four Days March 1980 at Mechelen; Spain, Commander of the Order of the Cross of Peace of the Association of War Correspondents; Concerto Malaga (CM) Assiduity Medal. Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $50
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World medals, includes Great Britain, cased souvenir medallions for Warwick Castle (2), Stonehenge (2) and Westminster Abbey (all 36mm), Charles Dickens medal, undated and uniface, in brass (38mm), other items for Royal occasions (8 different), also a pair of cufflinks made from QEII nickel plated brass threepences, cased, and a pencil sharpener made from two 1927 shillings; USA, LA Olympics Souvenir Medal, 1984, silvered (32mm), cased, various tourist items from New Orleans, noted Mardi Gras Dollar Club, Sorcerers' Garden 1971, Clermont Social Club, The Five Plus Deducts of Metairie, The Jolly Kiwis, also Cape Cod Massachusetts tourist medal, in cupro nickel (37mm), a large metal seal stamp for Piedra Rock Company, San Francisco, in brass (50mm), missing handle; New Zealand, AC Thermal Pools tag in brass, HMS Ophir Visit of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall, 1901, in bronze 27mm), pierced hole near edge; a medallic pendant in copper (34mm), with suspension, features Syrena (the sword and shield bearing mermaid being the symbol of Warsaw) on both sides on a blackened background, around the outside is a copper fitted edge with milling. A few very good but mostly very fine - uncirculated. (27)
Estimate $70
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World medals and badges, Great Britain, R.M.S. Mauretania, 1906-1935, in bronze (33mm), with suspension and ribbon, made from metal from the old Mauretania; The Navy League badge, 1930s, crossed white and red ensigns over anchor in enamel and gilt (25mm), by J.R.Gaunt London; National Reserve Berkshire badge (KC), in enamel and gilt (22x32mm), by J.R.Gaunt London; Worcestershire Regt Re-Union badge, in gilt and enamel (24x34mm), by Bradford Works Birmingham; Industrial Civil Defence Service badge (QC), in enamel and gilt (19x25.5mm), by W.Reeves & Co Ltd B'Ham; Malta, Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St Lazarus, Commemorative Medal for Inauguration of the Castello Lanzum (Castle of the Small Lance) as Headquarters of the Order, 1973, in bronze (32mm), with suspension, ribbon and brooch bar suspender; New Zealand, Tin Hat Club, Christchurch R.S.A., tinnie (32mm). The ribbon on first medal faded, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Sporting and award medals, Royal Life Saving Society Bronze Medal, reverse inscribed, 'R.S.McMillan/April1938'; London Business House A.S.A medal, in enamel and silvered bronze (26.5mm), with suspension loop, reverse impressed, 'Lawn Tennis/Ladies Singles C'Ship/1954/R. Up.'; London & District Weight Lifting League, in silver (30mm), reverse impressed, 'C Division/Champions 1968/Gifford Barbell/Club/A.Ferridge'; New Zealand Roller Skating Association, in silver (28.5mm), with suspension loop, reverse impressed, 13', with ribbon and silver brooch bar 'Judge/N.Z. Roller Skating/Assn'; The Scottish Society of N.Z. Competitions, in enamel and nickel plate (30.5mm), with suspension loop, unnamed (2); Table Tennis generic prize medal in bronze (32mm), with suspension, unnamed; Fencing medal, in silvered bronze (31.5x35mm), with suspension loop; another in silver (30x34mm), with suspension loop, inscribed details very worn but appears to be Rugby Trophy. Very fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $50
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