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Education Department Western Australia, school medal, punctual attendance in silver (31mm) 'Robert Martin/1910' medalets 1900-1951 including 1932 marcus Clarke/ S.H. bridge, also Ireleaf Man silver gold and enamel and aluminium arabic medal. Fair - extremely fine. (17)
Estimate $90
SOLD $80
Scotch College, Diamond Jubilee 1911, badge in bronze and enamel by Stokes & Sons, C.M.Belcher 382 impressed on reverse; Northumberland & Durham Assoc Victoria, 1913, badge in gilt and enamel; Royal Agricultural Society of N.S.W., 1914, members badge in bronze and enamel; Seamans Union, badges (2) Victoria and South Australia, in silver; Federated Amalagamated Govt Railway & Tramway Service Association of Victoria, members badge in silver. Very good - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $280
Eight Hours Sports Sydney 1912, blue enamelled silver badge (40 x 29mm) with loop suspension (Smith 240). Good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $430
Australian Bowling Team, 1912, by Vaughtons Ltd, Birmingham. (26mm) blue, red and white enamel finish in the design of an Australian 1912H florin. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
V H I, Institute of Victorian Hospitals, pinbacked badge in silver (41mm) with gold overlay VHI, hallmarked I.Bros, inscribed on obverse 'Mens Sang in Corpore Sano' and on reverse '1912 / Awarded to / Nurse Mary John Grant / Senior Nursing Exam '. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $500
Blacksmith's Society, Adelaide Branch, handcrafted presentation fob in gold (9 ct, 5gms, 23mm) inscribed 'Presented / to / R.T.Lock / Past President / 1914'. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $350
SOLD $350
United Labourers Union, blue enamelled and silver badge (27x23mm) by Bridgland & King Melbourne (Smith 671). Convex as issued, good very fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $100
Federated Rubber Workers Australia, badge by Bridgland & King; Steam Engine Makers Society; Explosives & Munition Workers Federation of Australia; Postal Sorters Association; Amalgamated Society of Engineers, voided badge in bronze and enamel; Bank Officials' Association badge. Very good - very fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $150
Building Workers Industrial Union of Australia (Smith 204); Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (early type, cf. Smith 290); the Institution of Engineers of Australia with 'Hon Secretary' bar attached to the base; Journalist Club Sydney, annual membership badges for 1943, 1950, 1953 (2) and undated type and a Great Britain badge. Fine- uncirculated (9).
Estimate $70
SOLD $50
Temporary Police Pass, for the Opening of Parliament House Canberra by H.R.H. The Duke of York, available 8th May to 10th May 1927, issued to Mr G.Reilly of Melbourne 'Sun Pictorial'. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Metropolitan Fire Brigades Board, Melbourne, pass issued to G.P.Reilly of The Herald, to be admitted to all fires, No.P22. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Assorted badges, including Forbes Jockey Club, in gilt and enamel, member 1927-1928 by Amor Sydney, Tamworth Fire Brigade 1937, Katoomba, 1939, Sheet Metal Workers Indy Union of Australia, Municipal Shire Employees Union of N.S.W., 1947, M.W.U. W.A. Branch, Girl Guides, Golf Clubs, First Anti-Aircraft Comforts Fund, Gallipoli Legion Club, Howie Wing Aviation Corps Life Line food to Britain, War Workers Tooraweenah, Collie Railways Football Club 1949, Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Enginemen, Demobilised Soldiers Association, Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia. Very good - uncirculated. (approx 250)
Estimate $250
SOLD $400
Ku-Ring-Gai Chase, Ranger, Trust Official, collectors hat badge c.1928 in bronze (39mm); N.S.W. Government Tourist Bureau Guide, cap badge c.1930 in white metal (44mm x 42mm) by Amor Sydney. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Centenary of Western Australia, 1929 in bronze (39mm) by Perth Mint (C.1929/2); later NAV medals (C.1949/5 and C. G/S) also 1938 medalet (C.1938/5), engraved halfpenny 'William/Field/1767' reverse monogram JOF (?), Ireland, Swanton & Co. Queenstown unofficial farthing (circa 1845) (BWS 6710). Very fine - extremely fine. (6)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
New South Wales Fire Brigade, voided cap badge, 1930, in brass (55mm x 43mm), collar badge (42mm x 37mm). First badge with lug missing, otherwise uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $270
Cranbrook School N.S.W., cap badge c.1930 in gilt (49mm x 43mm), collar badges (2) in gilt (25mm x 22mm), blackened (25mm x 22mm); Sydney University Union, Members passes in gilt and enamel (2) 1925-1926, 1926-1927, also Life Members. Uncirculated. (5)
Estimate $120
SOLD $120
Drapers of Australia, 25th Annual Window Dressing Competition 1932 in 9ct gold (31 x 21mm) 'D.F. Darracott May 20 1932'; 1956 Olympics visitors enamel and gilt badge by K.G. Luke; Abbotts Hotel sixpence check (C.1880) reverse plain and 1880 Melbourne medalet (C.1880/- cf 1880/9) by Jones. The last pierced otherwise fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Road Race Badges won by D.T. Gibson in the early 1930's, Ixion Road Race 1932 (92 miles) Bendigo - Melbourne, 32mm x 24mm, gilt copper, red, white & blue enamel by Wittenbach, Melbourne; Dunlop Road Race, Colac-Melbourne Amateur 100, 1932, 25mm, gilt copper, red and green enamel, inscribed on reverse'Won by/D.Gibson/4 hrs/18mins/51sds'; Malvern Star, Melbourne to Castlemaine Road Cycle Race, 34mm x 21mm, gilt copper, red, white & blue enamel, by Bridgland & King, Melbourne, reverse inscribed 'D. Gibson/1/7/33'; Dunlop Road Race, Time Medallion 1933, Amateur 100, Colac-Melbourne, 30mm x 33mm, in gilt copper, red, white & blue enamel, reverse inscribed 'D.T. Gibson/4 H/15 M/48 S'; Preston Star, Road Race, 72 miles, Melbourne to Castlemaine, 1934 Centenary, 29mm, gilt copper, by Bridgland & King, Melbourne. Very fine and rare. (5)
Estimate $500
SOLD $600
Victorian Railways Pass, Royal Visit 1934, No.166, available from Melbourne to Shepparton and return via Echuca and Bendigo, issued to The Herald (photographer), available from 11th November til 12th November. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Victoria, Melbourne Centenary Celebrations, 1934, in bronze (64mm) by Raynor Hoff (C.1934/9). With case and original receipt 14 Aug 1934. Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $110
Victorian Centenary, badges 1934-35 in gilt and enamel (28mm x 23mm) with scene of Shrine of Remembrance in foreground; State Coat of Arms, silvered and enamelled (24mm x 23mm); Lyrebird, silvered and enamelled (26mm x 24mm). Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $110
SOLD $110
Australia's 150th Anniversary, 1938, in silvered bronze (C.1928/7). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $110
Victorian Showmans Guild, members passes/badges, 1946, in brass and enamel, 61 impressed on reverse, 1947, 1948, 1949 in brass and enamel, 71 impressed on reverse, by N.Pierce Melbourne; Showman's Guild of Australasia, 1951, 1952, 1954 by Handford Brisbane. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $200
SOLD $170
Numismatic Association of Victoria, Centenary of Annand Smith token, 1949 (C.1949/5 antique silver finish); Australian Coin Associates, Astrid of Belgium, in copper (51mm); A.N.Z./Numismatic Society of Victoria, 75th Anniversary of Federation (C.A/16 bronze gilded and siver oxidised); Mexico Olympics, 1968, commemorative medallion set (64mm) in bronze and silver oxidised. Second to last medallions cased. Uncirculated. (6)
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
Separation 1851 Federation 1901, in bronze (58mm) by A.Meszaros for Pinches (C.S/2). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $200
Centenary of the Government of Victoria, 1951, in gilded bronze (64mm) (C.1951/3); Melbourne 1956 Olympics, commemorative medal in bronze (63mm) by A.Meszaros (C.1956/5). Nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $320
South Australia Chamber of Manufacturers Incorporated, Royal Adelaide Exhibition,1952, in bronze (33mm) inscribed on reverse 'Mrs A.E.Schahinger / Coopery', another., insribed 'Mrs I.N.Schahinger / Lady's Dinner Hat'. Uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $0
Lodge Southern Seas, 9 carat and gilt award, uninscribed, another in gilt silver dated 1952-53 by Harvey G. Smith Pty Ltd, another two gilt and silver dated 1953 and 1944 by the same maker. Also fifty cents 1966 (3) and New Zealand 1967, 73, 75. Fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
The Royal Horticultural Society, Banksian Medal in silver, gilt bronze and bronze (38mm) by (W.Wyon) (BHM 1041 var; Eimer 1138 var) all three inscribed on reverse to Messrs D & W Diggot for an exhibit of Gladioli and Dahlias 9 Aug 1955; (gilt) 28.8.57, all with S at truncation all J distant and all 3mm thick. Uncirculated. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
New South Wales Centenary medallion, 31mm, 1955, silvered bronze Railways (2) (C.1955/3); Australian Coin Associates medallion No.11, Joseph Benedict Chifley, 35mm, bronze (C.p301/12); N.S.W.G.R. 45 years service medal in bronze, 51mm, inscribed 'P.W. Kennedy'; masonic penny and halfpenny tokens; William Thompson Masonic Schools 1922 badge, in four colour enamelled brass (2), 30mm by G.A. Miller & Sons, Sydney; Presbyterian Girls College, Warwick, silver and enamel badges (2), pin back, one by Dempster 44mm x 27mm, one by W.B. 24mm x 16mm. Very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $80