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Stratford Band, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 4.9g, 27x27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'L.Wilson/Stratford Band/Best attendance/1924-25'. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $150
Christchurch Competitions, 1925, handcrafted in gold (15ct, 8.2g, 40x32mm), by G.C. & Co (Giles Coates, Christchurch), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Ladies/Elocution/Championship/Anita Winkel'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400
(Dunedin), fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 8.1g, 35x35mm), no maker, ring top and pin-back (missing) suspension, obverse inscribed 'Presented/by the/Bristol Piano/Coy. Ltd', reverse inscribed 'Mary Harrison/L.T.C.L./1925/S.B.C.'. Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $240
Auckland Competitions Society, 1926, fob medal, handcrafted in silver (37x26mm), by Halling, Auck., scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Mezzo Soprano Solo/Mrs G.W.Hale/1926'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
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Trinity College of Music, London, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 7.1g, 40x32mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Pres To/Erle Thurkettle/"by Anonymous"/Licentiate Piano/82 Marks/Wellington/1926'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
Wellington Band Contest, 1927, fob medal, handcrafted in silver (40x33mm), no maker, ring top suspension, blank reverse; another, handcrafted in voided silver (35x25mm), by Stoneham (Dunedin & Wellington), pin-back, inscribed on front 'G.OS'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $150
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Middlemarch Brass Band, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 4.6g, 35x27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented to/B'ds'man W.Valentine/from the/M'March Brass Band/1927'. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
St Kilda Champion Band, Wanganui, 1929, handcrafted in gold (9ct, tot wt 16.8g, 43x35mm) and blue enamel, no maker, ring top, ribbon and bars with pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Donated by Patrons/To/T.D.Stalker'; also, A.B.C., fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 6.1g, 40x25mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented/To/T.Stalker/Most/Enthusiastic Member/1923-24'. Extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $900
SOLD $600
Auckland Society of Musicians, c1930s, struck in gilt bronze (38mm), by Vaughtons, Birmingham, ribbon bar on reverse, unawarded. Very fine.
Estimate $300
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N.Z. Pipe Band Contest, Christchurch, c1930, uniface, struck in silver (32x30mm), no maker, ring top, ribbon and bar with pin-back suspension, uninscribed. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $80
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Dunedin Quickstep Contest, 1930 'Elan' inscribed stock fob medal, uniface, struck in silver with gold (38x28mm), English maker and hallmark, ring top and bar with pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Hastings Citizens/Band'. Very fine.
Estimate $150
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N.Z. Champion Band Contest, Dunedin, 1930, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, 11.0g, 38x32mm) and blue enamel, no maker, ribbon and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'A Grade Champ./Woolston/Band/H.M.Bigg' (M.-); Dunedin Band Contest, 1933, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, 7.0g, 40x26mm) and blue enamel, no maker, ribbon and bar with pin-back, uninscribed (M.-); 'C.B.B.', stock medal in silver and gold (35x25mm), English maker and hallmark, ribbon and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '1927/H.M.Biggs'; also small silver bar from top of medal inscribed 'Ch Ch City/No.66', probably off the previous medal. Very fine - extremely fine, the first two unlisted in Morel and both illustrated. (4)
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
N.Z. Champion Band Contest, Dunedin, 1930, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 10.0g, 32x40mm) and blue enamel, no maker, ring top suspension, uninscribed. Scratches on reverse, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $300
N.Z. Champion Band Contest, Dunedin, 1930, struck in silver (40x33mm) and blue enamel, no maker, ring top suspension, unawarded. Very fine.
Estimate $60
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Stratford, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 3.6g, 30x30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Music Honours/1930/H.Dick/Stratford'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Wellington Competitions, 1930, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 7.5g, 30x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Piano/Solo/Own Selection/Joan Maunder/presented by/The Bristol/Piano Co.Ltd.'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
W.C.B.C. (West Coast Band Competition), a group of fob medals won by W.M.Garth between 1897 and 1930, gold (5) and silver (9): hand engraved in gold (9ct, 6.2g, 26x23mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '1st Prize/Baritone/Solo/Won By/W.Garth'; N.I.B.B.A. (North Island Brass Bands Association), Palmerston N., 1899, uniface, struck in silver (35x30mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '2nd Prize/Baritone Solo/Won by/W.M.Garth' [illustrated]; hand engraved in silver and gold (32x32mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'W.C.B.C./23.5.99/Baritone/2nd Prize/W.M.Garth'; another, handcrafted in silver (35x30mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '2nd Prize/Euphonium/Quartette' [illustrated]; hand engraved in gold (9ct, 8.4g, 32x32mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'W.C.B.C./1st Prize/B.Flat Bass/W.M.Garth/24.5.00'; hand engraved in silver (30x30mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '1901/Euphonium/W.M.Garth/2nd Prize'; another hand engraved in silver (30x30mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '1901/Baritone/W.M.Garth/2nd Prize'; hand engraved in silver (40x33mm), by Lloyd (H.W.Lloyd, Greymouth & Wellington), reverse inscribed '1st/Test/Selections/Westport & Grey/W.Grath/Euphonium/1904-5'; hand engraved in silver (30x30mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'W.C.B.C./2nd Eupho/W.Garth/1905/Greyth.'; hand engraved in silver (30x30mm), by J.C. (John Cairney, Greymouth), reverse inscribed 'W.C.B.C./2nd/Quartette/W.Garth/Greyth./1905'; handcrafted in gold (9ct, 9.5g, 35x35mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'W.C.B.C./Hokitika/Euphonium Solo/W.M.Garth/1st/May 8th 1906' [illustrated]; W.C.B.C, 1908, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.7g, 38x28mm), unknown maker, reverse inscribed 'Euphonium/W.Garth/1st' [illustrated]; hand engraved in gold (9ct, 8.2g, 32mm), reverse inscribed 'To/W.M.Garth/From Members GM Band/On His Completetion of/40 Years Service/15-10-30' [illustrated]; also, WCBB, badge in silver (60x28mm), no maker, pin-back [illustrated]. All with ring top suspensions except the last, fine - very fine. (14)
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,200
R.A.Coughlan Memorial Medal (Wellington band contest, 1932), handcrafted in gold (9ct, 12.5g, 45x35mm) with ornate silver trombone on obverse, by P Ltd?, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'For Highest Points In Contest/Presented by/W.P. & H.Coughlan/Won By/E.G.Williams', together with a handcrafted pin-back bar WELLINGTON, in gold (9ct, 4.9g, 48x13mm) by P Ltd (would have originally been attached by ribbon to the medal); another, prize medal in silver with gold overlay in centre of obverse (33x27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Bb Tenor/Trombone Solo/2nd Prize/E.Williams/1934. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $450
SOLD $500
Dunedin Band Contest, 1933, fob medal, struck in gold (9ct, 6.6g, 40x27mm) and blue enamel, no maker, ring top suspension, uninscribed; another, as last but in silver and blue enamel; N.Z.B.B.A. (New Zealand Brass Bands Association), Wellington, 1934, uniface, medal struck in silver (30mm), by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), ring top, ribbon and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Quartette'; another, as last but Christchurch, 1951, struck in gold (9ct, tot wt 15.3g), by M&K, reverse inscribed 'EB Cornet Solo/1st'; N.Z.B.B. Hangmen's Club, badge (21x20mm) in white metal and enamel, by Mayer & Kean. Extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $500
SOLD $650
Dunedin Band Contest, 1933, fob medal, struck in gold (9ct, 6.2g, 27x35mm) and blue enamel, no maker, ring top suspension, uninscribed. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
South Auckland Band Contest Rotorua, 1934, struck in silver (32mm), by W&H (Walker & Hall); M. & D.B.A., 1938, handcrafted in silver (38x28mm), no maker; South Auckland Brass Band Contest, 1933, uniface, struck in silver (37x27mm), by W&H, reverse inscribed '1st/B Bb/Won By/B.Woolliams'; South Auckland Brass Band Contest, Te Aroha, 1935, uniface, struck in silver (43x33mm); S.A.B.B.U. (South Auckland Brass Band Union), Te Aroha, 1947, stock medal, uniface, struck in silver (33x29mm). Toned, very fine - extremely fine, all with ring top suspensions, the first four attached by ribbons to a cloth bar. (5)
Estimate $400
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Amberley, 1935, hand engraved in silver (37x30mm), features a lyre; another similar, uniface, struck in silver and gold (30mm), with bar 'Wanganui', both with ring top, ribbon and bar with pin-back, no makers, unawarded. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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Christchurch Competitions, 1935, Alice Gunner Memorial Medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, tot wt 9.6g, 30x27mm), by S.D. & Co (Stewart Dawson & Co), ring top, ribbon and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won By/Mrs Gordon Morrow'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $280
New Zealand Brass Bands Assn., Timaru, 1935, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, tot wt 18.6g, 45x32mm), no maker, ring top, ribbon and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'C.S.Wood/1st/Eb/Horn Solo'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $450
SOLD $500
South Auckland Brass Band Contest, Te Aroha, 1935, uniface, struck in silver (45x33mm), no maker, ring top with ribbon suspension, reverse inscribed 'Winners/C.Grade/W.Mensforth' (M.1935/2). Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
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Auckland Municipal Band, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 6.5g, 40x29mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented To/G.Zenovich/From the/Auckland/Municipal Band/December 1936'. Extremely fine, in a contemporary case.
Estimate $250
SOLD $200
N.Z. Championship Band Contest, New Plymouth, 1936, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, 11.3g, 31mm), no maker, ring top suspension, uninscribed. Test cut next to 'N' of New, otherwise extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $340
Trinity College, 1937, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 5.2g, 40x34mm), no maker, scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'William Clarke/Licentiate Practical/Presented by/Chas.Begg & Co.Ltd'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
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Auckland Society of Musicians, c1940, struck in burnished bronze (38mm), by Vaughtons, Birm., reverse inscribed 'Edith F.Jenkins/Contralto Solo'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
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Trinity College of Music, London, Christchurch Centre, struck in silver (30x27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Nancy McRae/Intermediate/Honours/1941'. Good very fine.
Estimate $100
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