Catalogue
QR (Queensland Railways), Member of Parliament pass in the form of a handcrafted tie bar style badge in voided gold (18ct; 8.56g; 43x21.5mm), no maker, pin-back; obverse inscribed, 'Member Of Parliament', reverse inscribed, 'Port Curtis Electorate/J.H.Kessell'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $700
WFC (W? Football Club), handcrafted fob in voided gold (9ct; 4.03g; 30x40mm), no maker, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed, 'JH', reverse inscribed, 'W F C/1915/won by/J Haughton/Best Forward'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $230
The Justices Association Of Western Australia, fob medal in gold (9ct; 5.16g; 21mm), maker's mark 'M', scroll and ring top suspension (ring top section open), reverse inscribed, 'J.P.Harris/16 Sept. 1916'. Good fine.
Estimate $160
SOLD $170
New South Wales Fire Brigade, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, inscribed on edge, 'F. McA. Ryan. Jan.18, 1916.'; also Metropolitan Fire Brigade brass title bar by Stokes & Sons. The medal in case by W.J.Amor, Sydney, nearly uncirculated, the title bar very fine. (2)
Estimate $220
SOLD $550
Railway Workers & General Laborers' Assoc Of N.S.W., 1908-1916, badge in sterling silver and blue enamel (27mm) (Smith 562), by Amor, scroll and ring top suspension. Scratch on reverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $60
Fire Brigade Employees Union Of N.S.W., 1911-16, badge in voided silver and blue enamel (23mm) (Smith 490, appears to be a variety as Smith records it as having mauve enamel), no maker, with scroll and ring top suspension. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $240
SOLD $200
Coin jewellery, cut out bust of King George V with high hat and on a boomerang, made from a 1916 Australian penny, silvered and with large stick-pin; a brooch made from a voided 1927 Canberra florin, pin-back; also Great Britain, commemorative medals for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, one in shape of a cross in brass (36mm), with ribbon slot but no ribbon, another in shape of a 5-pointed star in brass (48mm), plain reverse, ring top broken. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Brighton (Red Cross) Festival, 1917, badge in voided gilt and enamel (39x19mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, pin-back; Roseleigh, badge in silver and enamel (27x22mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melb, pin-back (possibly a souvenir from Roseleigh Cottage at Gloucester Tops, NSW). Toned, good very fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $50
Queensland Peace Thanksgiving, November 1918, presentation medal in silver (39mm) (C.1918/8), by C.H. (Chas Handford), reverse, 'Peace with Victory, Justice Triumphant/Presented/By The/Queensland/Government/To' and inscribed, 'A.S.McLelland', edge inscribed 'Piping Contest', pierced at 12 o'clock for suspension. Toned nearly extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
Passed in
Be Rational Vote National, political badge in gilt and enamel (24mm), by Stokes & Sons, Melbourne, two lugs on back for wear. Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Voluntary Workers Association, Member badge 1919, in silvered and enamel (23mm), by Amor, Sydney, pin-back; another, Member badge 1919 & 20, in gilt and enamel (25mm), by Amor, Sydney, pin-back. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $60
SOLD $40
Amalgamated Rail & Tram. Serv. Assoc., 1920, badge in gilt and blue enamel (23mm) (Smith 29), by Amor, Sydney, scroll and ring top suspension, reverse numbered 284. Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $70
South Australian Chamber of Manufacturers Incorporated 1869, All Australian Peace Exhibition 1920, prize medal in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed, 'Perry Engineering Co./Iron and Steel/Forgings'. Hairlines and a few spots, otherwise nicely toned and nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $160
Passed in
Souvenir Of The Easter Show, Sydney, undated, in bronze (43.5x46mm) (C.S/3d), with bar suspender (pin missing), Made in USA. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
T(owns)ville Eisteddfod, prize fob in handcrafted gold (9ct; 3.90g; 23x33mm), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed, 'JFS', reverse inscribed, 'Tville/Eisteddfod/1921/Bass Solo/won by/J F Squire'. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $150
Old Geelong Grammarians Association, fob medal in voided 9ct gold and enamel (9ct; tot wt 6.20g; 24mm), possibly by Stokes, scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'T.E.B.S.'. Good fine.
Estimate $200
Passed in
The Honorary Justices Association Of Tasmania, fob medal in gold and enamel (15ct; 7.83g; 22mm), scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Alfred Geo. Scott.'. Nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $400
Passed in
New South Wales Justices Association, 1911, fob medal in gold (15ct; 6.27g; 22mm), scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'Edward Gill/(Appointed)/16.Aug.1922.'. Good fine.
Estimate $320
Passed in
Royal National Agricultural & Industrial Asscn Q'land, Life Member fob medal (KC), uniface in gold (9ct; 6.35g; 23x28mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'W Whatling'. Very fine.
Estimate $190
Passed in
B.F.C. (Balmoral Football Club), handcrafted fob medal in voided gold (9ct; 2.62g; 25x23.5mm), by H.P, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'B.F.C./Winners/H.Chenet/1924'. Small dent to football on obverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Queensland, medalets and badges, mostly for Rockhampton and Brisbane plus one silver Kentish 1842-1992, mostly in 2x2 holders. Fine - uncirculated. (19)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Union badges, 1920's (17) in 2x2 holders described, tinnies (2) and MCC lapel badge. Fine - extremely fine. (20)
Estimate $400
SOLD $320
Australian medals and lapel badge collection, also includes several world badges and a coin, noted 29th International Eucharistic Congress Sydney 1928 in silvered (C.1928/3); Royal Visit 1954 in gilded (C.1954/9); Centenary of Woollahra 1960 in aluminium (C.1960/6) (2); New South Wales Corrective Services bicentennial issue in bronze (C.1988/93) (2); Centenary of Federation Australia Day Medallion 2001 with pin-back suspender and ribbon (low issue); Masonic jewel made from a concave reverse shaved George VI penny, inscribed, 'No.640 S.C' and around the edge 'Duty R.A.Chapter Advanced 2.4.46'; The Girls Life Brigade medal with ribbon and Good Service suspender; N.S.W. Rugby Football League Schoolboy Referee, pin-back enamel and gilt badge (44mm); Campbell Clan boar's head lapel badge; Operative Painters & Decorators Union of Australia 1951 lapel badge (Smith 507), and Transport and General Workers Union lapel badge (not recorded in Smith); Conrad International Jupiters Gold Coast Casino $1 chip; Readers Digest token R/9313-3; Sydney Legacy Widows Club pin-back badge for E.C.Stoker, reverse inscribed 275; many other medals and badges. A few poor but mostly fine - extremely fine. (approx 70)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Fourth Australian & New Zealand Philatelic Congress & International Philatelic Exhibition, Melbourne, 1928, prize medal in silver (38mm), by Stokes, Melb, reverse inscribed, 'A.S.A.Whelen/(DIVISION) XIV/(Class) 1/2nd Award'. Nicely toned, a few hairlines, otherwise uncirculated.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
The Honorary Justices Association Of Victoria, fob medal in gold and enamel (15ct; 7.81g; 22mm), scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed, 'R.J.Sillitoe./Central/1929/Bailwick'. Good very fine.
Estimate $400
Passed in
Thallon Memorial, Junior Examination Queensland University, 1929, in gold (15ct; 18.22g; 26mm), no maker, reverse inscribed, 'John F./Reddy/1929', edge inscribed, 'Christian Brothers College Ipswich'. Hairlines, obverse lettering double struck, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $900
Fifth Australian Philatelic Exhibition, Sydney, 1932, in gilt silver (31mm; 24.44g), by M & M, Sydney (Miller & Morris), reverse inscribed, '5th/Aust./Philatelic/Exhibition/Sydney. 1932./E.Sussmilch./Div VII./1st Award.' Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
Passed in
Victorian Salon Of Photography, Melbourne Centenary, 1934, in bronze (50.5mm) (C.1934/10), by Stokes, unnamed. Good very fine and scarce, only 19 minted.
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
VICVI (Victorian Centenary & Sixth Australasian Philatelic Exhibition), Melbourne 1934, philatelic prize medal in antique gilded (38x50mm) (C.1934/11, this medal), by Stokes, reverse impressed, 'C. Fawcett./Meters', written in ink on top right edge, '2688'. Some toning, otherwise nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $80
SOLD $120
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Crowned May 12 1937, uniface strike of The Three Kings Of 1936 medal, in antique bronze (51mm) (C.1937/21). A later striking but very scarce, uncirculated.
Estimate $80
SOLD $100