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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
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