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Switzerland, Industrial Arts medal, struck in silver (35mm), by A.Bovy, top suspender with striped ribbon, reverse inscribed 'Prix/D'Horlogeric de/Geneve/Chs.Lezard/1856'. Very fine, in a contemporary fitted case.
Estimate $1,200
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Secretary for Crown Lands, New Zealand, a uniface struck impression on a British Queen Victoria copper penny of 185(3), (36mm), pierced at top for suspension, possibly an ID tag or a trial piece, possibly the work of Anton Tuetenberg, Auckland (see note below). Very fine.
Estimate $1,500
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Cobb & Co.'s Telegraph Line of Royal Mail Coaches, c1865, ticket from Maungatawhiri Creek to Auckland, in the name of James Fenton, dated March (18?). Some foxing, otherwise very fine and excessively rare.
Estimate $1,000
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Harrop & Neil, Dunedin, c1870s, stock medal, struck uniface in silver (44mm), ring top suspension, signed below on reverse. Toned, extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $800
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Family Group. Fob medal, handcrafted in silver with gold (35x32mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Annual Race/Won By/Fred.Spraggon/1893' (worn); N.S.R.C. (North Shore Rowing Club), fob medal, handcrafted in silver and gold (25mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'N.S.R.C./Won By P.Spraggon Cox/Regatta & Trial Fours/Dewar Shield/Season 1912-13'; N.S.R.C., Kohn Trophies, fob medal, handcrafted in silver and gold (33x28mm), by Kohn, Auck., ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'N.S.R.C./1913/Trial Fours/Presented/By/F.Diddams.Mgr./Won By -'; N.R.A. (National Rowing Association), badge (oar), handcrafted in silver (75x11cm); Kia Ora N.Z., bob medal, uniface struck in silver (27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'M.Spraggon/7 Allenby Av./Devonport' (M.K/1); Seddon Memorial Technical College, Auckland, fob medal for swimming, struck in silver (27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'M.Spraggon/2 Miles/1919'; S. (A.?) T.C., prize badge, in silver and gold (28x22mm), English maker and hallmark, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Drill Championship/Upper School/Margorie Spraggon/1919'. Very good - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $950
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Gold mining brooch, late 19th Century, 'New Zealand', handcrafted in gold (9ct, 2.9g, 48x25mm) and set at each end with an amethyst, no maker, pin-back. Fine.
Estimate $1,000
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Samoa, handcrafted fob pendant, 1899, gold bearing quartz with ornate mount in gold (possibly 15ct, tot wt (incl stone) 4.9g, 33x15mm), no maker, ring top suspension, inscribed on one side 'Manuia' (best wishes) and on the other side 'E.M.B.', also finely inscribed around edge 'Ole Faamanatu i Ulai 3.99 Male Malaga Fiafia'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $900
Brass drawer handles, c1900, (110x60mm) (3) and (65x40mm) (2, one illustrated), no maker (Anton Tuetenberg, Auckland) (D&C.plate LXIX). Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $600
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Drawer handle, c1900, struck in bronzed brass (105x58mm), no maker (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), pierced in four places for attachment (D&C. plate LXIX). Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
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Four brass seal master dies, c1900, (by Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), Parnell Soap Factory, Auckland N.Z. (62x39mm), screw back (D&C.V6); J.C.Burleich (47x30mm), screw back (D&C.V6); Scalp Soap (47x30mm), screw back (D&C.V6); Orange Lodge (50x40mm), tube back (D&C.V9), refer D&C plates XLIX & L. Fine. (4)
Estimate $800
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Teutenberg, Anton, Auckland, a collection of medal bars, buttons and trials, also a small screw back die, some signed, in silver, copper and brass. Fine - very fine. (18)
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
L.P.A.A.S.C. (Lyttelton Pirates' Amateur Athletic and Swimming Club), 1905, fob medal, handcrafted in greenstone with 9ct gold (23mm), ring top suspension, inscribed 'G.Boyd'; (rowing), fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 9.6g, 35x30mm), by C.Mazey (Lyttelton), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'C.Boyd/Lyttelton/1912'; United Fire Brigades Association of N Z, Long Service Medal for five years service, in silver (39mm) by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), with (3) loose 2 Years Service bars, missing suspender and ribbon, reverse inscribed 'Fireman/C.D.Boyd/By/N.Z.Govt./9.8.20' (D&C.L3; O&D.115); C.P.F.B.A. (Canterbury Port Fire Brigade Association), badge in silver (32x28mm), no maker, pin missing from back; C.P.F.B.A, stock fob medal, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, 9.4g, 38x35mm), by Watts (Reuben Watts, Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'C.P.F.B.A./Lyttelton 1919/Presented By/Capt.T.J.Watts/Won By/'; N.Z. Amalgamated Society Railway Servants, fob medal, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, 7.5g, 34x26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented/To/Mr.G.D.Boyd/Addington Branch/1919-21'. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $1,500
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Hand engraved fob medal, in gold (9ct, 4.7g, 24x24mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '7/A Side/Tournament/S.H.Uttley/1907'; Wairarapa High School, badge in gold (9ct, 5.5g, 25x22mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Foundation/President/Dr.G.H.Uttley'; Rotary Club, Masterton N.Z., handcrafted in gold (9ct, 8.5g, 28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Past President/Dr.G.H.Uttley/1926-27'. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Token of Esteem, stock medal in gold (probably 9ct, 4.0g, 22mm), no maker, scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W.Grantham/From/Akld.Staff/P.L.Assurance Co/20-5-08'; another, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 6.7g, 33mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Provident/Life Assurance Co/Managers Medal, 1919/Agent/W.Grantham/Christchurch'; G.P.C.C., hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.6g, 28x28mm), by 'S', reverse inscribed 'G.P.C.C./Presented By/C.Bucket/To/Miss L.Grantham/Indiv./Champ.'; also, handcrafted badge in gold (9ct, 7.0g, 40x30mm), no maker, pin-back, inscribed on obverse 'Physical Culture/Won By/L.Grantham'. Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $800
SOLD $750
Blackball, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (15ct, 12.0g, 27mm), no maker, scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented To/Jas Neilson/By/The Sports Commte./of/State Colleries/Feb 1909'; also, half hunter pocket watch (53mm), in rolled gold, by Omega, top wind, white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds hand, black Roman numerals and gold hands, back dust cover inscribed 'To/Jas.Neilson/From/Staff/ Blackball Mine/Oct.1930'. Extremely fine; in working order, very fine, the first illustrated. (2)
Estimate $700
SOLD $700
Family Group. King's College, Sports Handicap medal, struck in bronze (38mm), by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Consolation Race/Won By/O.S.Ellis/1909' (D&C.cfM16) [illustrated]; King's College, badge in silver (35x27mm), by A.Tuetenberg, Auckland, lug back inscribed 'OSE' (D&C.M18) [illustrated]; Special Constabulary, Mounted - Auckland Nov.1913, struck in copper (30mm), by Y. Co (Young & Co, Auckland), reverse inscribed 'O.S.Ellis' (M.1913/6); NZ Returned Soldiers Association, badge in silver (43x25mm), no maker, missing pin, inscribed '12/2279' (O.11/38) [illustrated]; King's College, Sports Handicap medal, 1910, struck in bronze (38mm), by A.T., ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Three-Legged Race/Won By/S.Ellis' (D&C.cfM16); another, as last but Swimming Sports medal, reverse inscribed '1910/Won by/S.E.E.Ellis/Senior/Neat Header' (D&C.M16). Fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $1,500
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New Zealand Collie Club, struck in silver (38x35mm), by F&S, hallmark for Birmingham 1906, reverse inscribed 'To/Winner of Grand Star/1909/Won By/Alex Begg's/Campanella'; Caledonian Society of Otago, President's fob medal, struck in voided gold (9ct, 4.7g, 23mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Alex.Begg'/1916-1920'; New Zealand & South Seas Exhibition, 1925-26, in brass, silver and enamel (25x20mm) (M.1925-26/6), reverse inscribed 'Alexander Begg/Music Come.'; Dunedin Orphans Club, in silver (25x27mm), with two 10 Years bars, no maker, ribbon and pin-back bar suspension; Caledonian Games, stock medal hand engraved in silver (28mm), no maker, obverse inscribed 'B Grade/Champs/1949'. All with ring top suspensions other than the fourth medal, fine - very fine, the first three illustrated. (5)
Estimate $750
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British Antarctic Expedition, Terra Nova R.V.S., c1910 heart pendant (28x28mm), handcrafted in coloured stone with inscribed gold facia, ring top suspension. Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,500
University of Otago, School of Mines, Ulrich Memorial Medal, c1910, struck in bronze (51mm), by Allan Wyon, edge impressed 'C18' (S.514). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $750
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Family Group. G.R.C. (Greymounth Rowing Club?), hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.9g, 32x32mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'G.R.C./Junior Pairs/W.Minehan/2nd/1911; W.C.C.S. (West Coast Competitions Society), 1913, hand engraved in bronze (27x27mm) by J.Cairney (John Cairney, Greymouth), reverse inscribed 'W.C.C.S./1913/Sight Reading/W.Minehan/2nd'; D.C.S. (Dunedin Competition Society), hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.4g, 28x28mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Gents/Championship/Elocution/W.S.Minehan/1936'; N.Z. Federation of Justices Associations, stuck in gold (9ct?, 5.0g, 25mm) and blue enamel, no maker, reverse inscribed 'W.S.Minehan/2.8.1943'; dux, in silver (30mm) with gold centre, no maker, reverse inscribed 'T.Minehan/1948'; Hockey, ribbon with silver shield at top, 'T.Minehan' on first bar, then six further bars for 'Hockey', '1950', '1951', '1952', '1953' and '1954'. The first five medals with ring top suspensions, the last pin-back. Very fine. (6)
Estimate $600
SOLD $500
Kinloch, 1911, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (stamped 'solid gold', probably 18ct, 15.8g, 35x35mm), by Jones & Sons (Christchurch), reverse inscribed 'Junior Shield/H.Craw'. Extremely fine, in a box of Jones & Sons.
Estimate $600
SOLD $850
University of Otago, School of Mines, Ulrich Memorial Medal, struck in bronze (51mm), by A.Wyon (London), edge inscribed 'Montague Ongley 1911' (S.514). Virtually as struck, uncirculated, in a Wyon fitted case of issue.
Estimate $700
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University of Otago, School of Mines, Ulrich Memorial Medal, struck in bronze (51mm), by Allan Wyon (London), edge inscribed 'Awarded to Noel Carless.1914' (S.514). Good extremely fine and very rare, in a fitted case of Wyon, London.
Estimate $750
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Various medals and plaques, all awarded to the Blackie Family, between 1914 and 1953, fob medal, hand engraved in silver and gold (23x21mm), English maker and hallmark, ring top suspension, 'D.J.B.' on obverse, reverse inscribed 'O.F.A. (Otago Football Association)/Schools/1914'; another in silver and gold (25mm), English maker and hallmark, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'R.S.F./Team/1915', reverse inscribed 'Winners C.Banner/D.Blackie'; fob medal, hand engraved in gold (15ct, 8.5g, 25mm), by C.Baird (Dunedin), ring top and scroll suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented/To/J.R.Blackie/President/West Harbour/Bowling Club/in appreciation of/valuable services/19.4.16' [illustrated]; fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 14.8g, 35x30mm), by G.T.W. (G.T.White, Christchurch & Wellington), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'J.R.B.', reverse 'Prestd. To/J.R.Blackie/By/The Spinners/25.9.20' [illustrated]; small silver plaque (36x25mm), no maker, pierced at sides for attaching, inscribed 'To/D.H.Blackie/from/Members of his/Staff/May 1945; plaque, in gold (9ct, 17.7g, 112x38mm), no maker, pierced at each corner for attachment, inscribed 'A.J.C. (Avondale Jockey Club)/Coronation Handicap/1953/Won by/Mrs D.H.Blackie's "Dixie" [illustrated]; 'T.C.C. Life Member' badge in silver (25mm), no maker, inscribed 'D.H.Blackie', pin-back. Fine - very fine. (7)
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,300
Thames School of Mines, 1916, stock fob medal, hand engraved in silver (38mm), no maker (probably Reuben Watts, Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Thames School of Mines.1916/Practical/and/Theoretical/Chemistry/Won By/S.L.Hedge/1916'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $750
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N.Z. Bakers & Pastrycooks, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 7.0g, 40x31mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '1918-19 Exhibition'; another as last, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 7.0g, 40x31mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '1918-19 Exhibition'; another, as last, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 7.6g, 40x33mm), unidentified maker, reverse inscribed '1919-20 Exhibition/P.Dunn'. Extremely fine, all with ring top suspensions. (3)
Estimate $700
SOLD $700
N Z State Forest Service, c1920s, badge in voided silver (42mm), by C.M.Bay (Wellington), pin-back. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Canterbury Justices of the Peace Assn. N.Z. (Inco), fob medal, struck uniface in gold (9ct, 6.9g, 30x23mm) and blue enamel, by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'H.Macintosh/April 1924'; Christchurch City Council, Motor Driver, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (probably 9ct, 9.1g, 26mm) and enamel, no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'H.Macintosh/Motor & Traffic/Inspector'; N.Z. Association of Army Navy and Auxiliary Forces, badge in copper (31x28mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'H.Mcintosh' (O.11/98). Very fine; fine; very fine. (3)
Estimate $800
SOLD $480
Radio Society, Ch.Ch., 1925, souvenir decorated cloth fob drop, consisting of gold (9ct) fernleaf at top, gold (9ct) inscribed panel, copperplate initials 'E.N.W.' in gold (9ct), fob with a gold (9ct) kiwi on greenstone attached, suspended with rolled gold chain and fob clip at top; Hawaii, coat of arms, fob medal in gold (14ct, 6.4g, 30x28mm) and enamel, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Edw.N.Willis/From 6 Buc/Sept 1925'; also, N.Z.R.L. kiwi coat pin in silver (20x18mm). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $600
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D.Y.C. (Dominion Yeast Company), Bread Exhibition, For Excellence In N.Z, Breadmaking, struck in gold (9ct, 13.4g, 29mm), no maker, fancy scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'J.Somerton/Class 5/1927'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $400