Catalogue
Broken Hill Silver Mine, Mining Exhibition, 1890, in white metal (19mm) (C.1890/1a), no maker. Much mint bloom, nearly uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Broken Hill Silver Mine, Mining Exhibition, 1890, in white metal (16mm) (C.1890/1a), no maker, pierced hole at top for suspension. Much mint bloom, surface marks on obverse, otherwise nearly uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $70
SOLD $60
New South Wales University Of Sydney, Prize Medal in silver (42mm), by Amor, reverse inscribed, 'Senr Public Examn/1891/English/Edwin Cuthbert Hall'. Edge nicks and surface marks on reverse, one time cleaned, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $170
Tasmanian Exhibition, 1891-2, in silver (23mm) (C.1891-2/2), no maker (F.W.Stewart), unnamed. Hairlines, otherwise nicely toned extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Arts And Crafts Exhibition, Sydney Architect(ura)l Association, 1892, in silver (24mm) (C.1892/1), pierced hole at top for suspension ring. A few dark tone marks, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Arts And Crafts Exhibition, Sydney Architect(ura)l Association, 1892, in gilt bronze (24mm) (C.1892/1). A few dark tone spots, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
St Andrew's College, Sandhurst, Dux medal in silver (38mm), reverse inscribed, 'Philip Timothy Putnam/1892'. Toned extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $280
N.S.W. Loco Engine Drivers, Firemen & Cleaners Association, (N.S.W.L.E.D.F. & C.A.), 1892, badge in silver (29x36.5mm) (Smith 496), by W.J.Amor, Sydney, ring top suspension, obverse impressed, 'L', reverse impressed, '4', both impressions below suspension loop. Very good and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
C.P & A.S (Clarence Pastoral & Agricultural Society), in handcrafted voided silver (35x35mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, '1st Prize/For/Stuffed Birds/Awarded To/J.Williams'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Royal Humane Society Of Australasia, bronze medal with ribbon and pin-back suspender, reverse inscribed, 'John Francis Flewell Smith/4th. February/1893', in original case of issue and with gold blocking on the lid, 'Presented By/The Royal Humane Society/Of Australasia/To/John Francis Flewell Smith/17th May 1892'. Toned good very fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $4,200
Royal Humane Society Of Australasia, bronze medal with ribbon and brooch buckle bar, reverse inscribed, 'Ernest Nunn/4th. February/1893', in original case of issue but with leather covering removed. Toned extremely fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $600
Australian Widows' Fund, Union Is Strength, Member badge in gold (tested as 9ct; 5.44g; 22mm), reverse inscribed, 'S.J.Bird' and at the base, '(Policy No.) 5045.'. Suspension removed at top, otherwise very good.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
S.A.Primitive Methodist Missionary Society, 1894, in white metal (29mm) (C.1894/1), pierced hole at top for suspension. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Exhibition of Mining Machinery, Victoria, undated (1894), First Award, in gilt (31mm), by Blashki & Sons, unnamed. Edge cuts and bumps, pin-back fitted but now removed, otherwise very fine and scarce.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
St Patrick's Cathedral Melbourne, Cathedral Fair Prize Medal, 1894, a circular medal in the centre of a cross, in gold (tested as 15ct; 6.18g; 33x31mm), no maker, reverse with 'Bene/Merenti' (Latin for Well Deserving) in centre, with ring top suspension hole. Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $500
NSW Athletic Assn, Public Schools, in bronze (51mm), by W.J.Amor 1895 S.G.S (Sydney Grammar School) in case of issue; also medalets and checks (21) including silver property pencil holder issued by AMP in 1930. Very good - uncirculated. (23)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Queensland International Exhibition, 1897, Diamond Jubilee, prize medal in gilt (45mm) (C.1897/9), by Stokes & Sons, reverse inscribed, 'Miss F.Murray/Display/of Floral Work'. Extremely fine and very rare in this condition for an awarded medal, only 20 issued.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, Municipality Of Brisbane, 1897, in gold (9ct; 6.35g; 22mm) (C.1897/13), by Stokes & Sons, variety with no ring top suspension. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $500
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, Shire of Ararat, 1897, in gold (tests as 22ct; 7.85g; 22mm) (C.1897/15), by Stokes & Sons, scroll and ring top suspension, the loop very worn. Good fine and rare in gold.
Estimate $750
SOLD $440
United Sunday Schools Demonstration, Victoria, 1897, in silver (31mm) (C.1897/71a), not recorded in this metal by Carlisle, by Stokes & Sons. Thin scratches in centre of reverse, otherwise nicely toned nearly uncirculated and scarce.
Estimate $90
SOLD $90
Eastern Downs Horticultural & Agricultural Asson, Warwick, in silver (31mm), no maker, reverse inscribed, '1897/(Awarded To)/Mrs Burrell/(For)/Display/Fancy Work'. Dark toned, a few very minor edge nicks and surface marks, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $130
Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee, 1897, in white metal (39mm) (C.1897/89), by Spink & Son, London, ring top suspension, with original box of issue; Mount Morgan Centenary of the First Discovery of Gold, Rockhampton Coin Club, 1982, in bronze (40mm) (C.1982/21), with original small folder of issue. The first with mint bloom, good extremely fine, the second uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $20
School badges, Maryborough Grammar School, in silver and enamel, by Flavelles, pin-back; Maryborough State High School OGA, in silver and enamel, pin-back; T (?) G H S (Girls' High School), handcrafted voided letters in silver (?), with two loops on back; unidentified handcrafted badge in silver, pin-back, obverse inscribed in centre, 'Ora et/Labora/M.C/Warwick/1898' (possibly Ora et Labora M (?) College, Warwick in Queensland). Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $60
SOLD $120
Australia's Commonwealth, 1899, in gold and enamel (tests as 9ct; 5.51g; 22.5mm) (C.1899/1 but modified), the reverse legend has been removed and replaced with an inscribed legend, 'H.Wirth, President, Shire of Marong', ring top suspension. Very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $360
"Larpent" Jubilee, 1899, In Commemoration of the 60th (see note) Anniversary of the Anchoring in Corio Bay 28 June 1849, in aluminium (31mm) (C.1899/9a), by Stokes & Sons. Some hairlines, otherwise virtually uncirculated.
Estimate $150
Passed in
All Nations Fair, Broken Hill, 1899, struck uniface in silver (31mm) (C.1899/13, this medal), by Stokes & Sons, pierced hole for suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Souvenir'. Hairlines on reverse, otherwise good extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Western Australian Industrial Exhibition, Perth, 1899, Exhibition Souvenir in silver (19mm) (C.1899/14, this medal, see note), no maker (Stokes & Sons), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'HH'. Very fine
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Hero Of Mafeking, British Transvaal War, 1899-00, in silver (31mm) (C.1899-00/21) by Stokes & Sons, obverse, facing bust of Lt-Gen Baden-Powell, reverse, Deniliquin Town Hall, pierced hole at top with ring suspension. Hairlines, otherwise toned extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
First Sydney Company of "The Boys' Brigade" in Australia, Hon. President's Medal, 1899-00 and 1900-1901, in silver (39x40mm), by W.Kerr, ring top suspension with ribbon bar inscribed, 'Best-Behaviour', inscribed on obverse to, 'Stanley Warren'. Some tone spots on bar and hairlines, otherwise extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $440
Passed in
An Aboriginal breast plate or gorget in brass, 20th century, inscribed 'Major General Latouche/Tambo Barcoo/Queensland', with inscription surrounded by a scrolled design, crescent-shaped, flat in vertical plane, with a chain attached at each apex, left apex engraved with an emu and the right apex engraved with a kangaroo, both of which face outwards, 9 cm wide, 21 cm long. Very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $1,000