Catalogue
G.A.M.P. (Gympie Agricultural Mining & Pastoral) Society Show, 1900, prize fob medal handcrafted in voided gold (9ct; 8.37g; 33x41mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Awarded/J.W.Howden Esq/For/Best Collections/Queensland/Manufacturers'. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $280
British Transvaal War, Good Luck To Australian Bushmen, 1900, in gilt (23mm) (C.1900/3), pierced hole for suspension; Australian Empire Day Celebrations, c1900, in gilt (23mm) (C.A/10); Welcome USA, July 1925, in gilt (34x26mm) (C.1925/5); Fifty Years Commonwealth of Australia, 1951, in bronze (31mm) (C.1951/6); The Agricultural Societys Show, Souvenir of Show, undated (KC), in gilt (31mm), ring top suspension; also unidentified pendant, uniface, in gilt (21mm), ring top suspension, obverse features a helmeted head and bust of a Roman era soldier to right. Fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
V R (Victorian Railways), Member Railway Construction and Property Board, pass handcrafted in voided gold (9ct; 4.87g; 22mm), no maker, scroll and ring top suspension but this mostly missing. Fine and rare.
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Port Phillip Stevedores Association, c1900, badge in gilt and blue enamel (24mm) (Smith 532), by Wittenbach & Co, scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'R/18'. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Australian Commonwealth, First Parliament Opened, 1901, in gold (15ct; 13.77g; 28x35mm), another in silver (28x35mm) (C.1901/2) (2), by Stokes & Sons, ring top suspensions. Very good; fine. (2)
Estimate $800
SOLD $820
Commonwealth Of Australia, Sydney, 1901, in gilt (32mm) (C.1901/14), only recorded in this finish by Carlisle without Sydney on reverse, unnamed. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $200
Passed in
The State of Queensland, 1901, in gilt (31mm) (C.1901/37), ring top suspension with ribbon; Coronation George V and Mary, Commonwealth Celebrations, 1911, in gilt (23mm) (C.1911/2), ring top suspension with ribbon; Royal National Assn, 1931, badge in gilt and enamel, by Bishop's, Brisbane, pin-back, reverse numbered 2982. Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $40
SOLD $20
State Of Queensland, 1901, in bronze (31mm) (C.1901/37a, with obverse of C.1897/42, variety with diamond stops, and reverse of C.1901/37), pierced hole at top for ring suspension. A few small carbon spots, otherwise toned extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
To Commemorate The Establishment Of The Commonwealth Of Australia, 1901, in antique bronze (44mm) (C.1901/39), by W.J.Amor, Sydney, obverse, Captain Cook left, reverse, Henry Parkes, The Father of Federation half facing. A later striking, near uncirculated.
Estimate $200
SOLD $100
To Commemorate The Establishment Of The Commonwealth Of Australia, 1901, in bronze (44mm) (C.1901/39), by W.J.Amor, Sydney, obverse, Captain Cook left, reverse, Henry Parkes, The Father of Federation half facing. A few small spots, otherwise toned extremely fine and a scarce original striking.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Federated Australia Commonwealth Proclaimed, 1901, in 9ct rose gold frame with plastic cover on obverse and reverse, medal struck in gold (9ct; tot wt 2.11g; 19mm) (C.1901/59), ring top suspension. Some edge bumps to frame, medal appears to be extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Federation pendant, 1901, in voided gold and enamel (9ct; 1.89g; 22mm), scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'RML'. Solder marks on reverse where pin-back removed, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $140
Federated Ironmoulders Of Australia, N.S.W. District, 1901, commemorative medalet in silver (22mm) (Smith 288; C.1901/61), pierced hole for suspension. Edge nicks, otherwise toned good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Australian Industrial Exhibition, Ballarat, 1901, presentation fob in gold (15ct; 12.55g; 26mm) (C.1901/64, this piece), no maker, scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Comr./W.H.Kingsbury'. Fine and rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $680
Australian coat-of-arms, undated (c1901), fob/pendant in voided yellow and rose gold (9ct; 1.77g; 22mm), no maker, ring and scroll top suspension. Very fine.
Estimate $70
SOLD $110
Sydney Cricket Ground, 1901-2, member's badge in gilt and enamel (27x27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse impressed, '111' and inscribed, 'W.J Dunn'. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Victorian Gold Jubilee Exhibition, Bendigo, 1901-2, in gold and enamel (15ct; 11.48g; 25mm) (C.1901-2/4, this one), no maker, scroll and ring top for suspension, obverse, a kneeling gold miner wearing the traditional miner's red shirt and panning for gold, reverse inscribed, 'G.D.Guthrie/& Co'. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $750
SOLD $13,500
Victoria League, badge in gilt and enamel (KC) (22x35mm), by K.G.Luke, Melb(ourne), pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $50
Passed in
Australian Federal Exhibition, 1902-3, medalet 'Struck At The Exhibition Mint' in gold (9ct; 2.29g; 16.5mm) (C.1902-3/1), by Stokes & Sons, ring top suspension. Fine and very scarce in gold.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Sydney Cricket Ground, 1902-3, member's badge in gilt and enamel (27x27mm), no maker, ring top suspension with stick-pin, reverse impressed, '1414' and inscribed, 'A.J.Noyes.'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $190
Geelong Fire Brigade Jubilee Demonstn (Demonstration), 1854-1904, in gilt bronze (22mm) (C.1904/3), by Stokes & Sons, pierced hole at top for ring suspension. Toned good very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $40
P.R.F. (Pioneer River Farmers') Association. A.P.And I. (Agricultural, Pastoral and Industrial) Show, Mackay, in silver (31mm), by Stokes & Sons, reverse inscribed, 'A.Conley./1st/Champion/Light Vehicle/1904'. A few edge nicks, otherwise toned extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $280
Eastern Downs Horticultural & Agricultural Asson, Warwick, in silver (31mm), no maker, reverse inscribed, '1904/Wm Flitcroft/Grade Hfr Under/2 Yrs'. A few light surface marks, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
(Eight Hour) Jubilee Badge, 1855-1905, in brass (23x28mm) (Smith 237; C.1905/7), by W.Kerr, ring top suspension fitting. Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
N.S.W Hurling Association, C.Y.M.C. (Catholic Young Men's Clubs) Competition, 1905, prize fob in gold (9ct; 5.49g; 27x34.5mm), maker's mark, 'ES', ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'N.S.W/Hurling Association/C.Y.M.C./Competition/Won By/St James. H.C./E.Hogan/1905. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $420
Centenary Of Launceston, Tasmania, 1906, in bronze (31mm) (C.1906/2a, a mule with obverse of C.1897/37 and reverse of C.1906/2), by Stokes & Sons, pierced hole for suspension. Toned extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Ballarat Electric Trams, 1906, members pass, in bronze (21mm) voided with ring top suspension, impressed on reverse 'A.J.Pittard Ballarat East'. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
GWASA (Government Workers' Association of South Australia), All Wrongs To Right . All Rights To Share, 1906, membership badge in silver and enamel (23mm) (cfSmith 118 variety), no maker, scroll and ring top suspension. Very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $60
W.B. & B.P. & A. (Wide Bay & Burnett Pastoral & Agricultural) Society, fob prize medal in handcrafted voided silver (28x36mm), by Wittenbach & Co, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Awarded to/E.Holcroft./Art/Millinery./1906.'. Toned very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
A.N.A. (Australian Natives Association) Exhibition Melbourne, Australia For The Australians, 1907, in gilt (22mm) (C.1907/1), slightly off centre pierced hole for suspension ring. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $120