Catalogue
M.R.A. (Manawatu Rifle Association), fob medal, handcrafted in voided silver (30x27mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'M.R.A./P.S.Cdts Teams/1909'; W.D.R.C. (Wairarapa District Rifle Club), stock fob medal, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, 3.3g, 19mm), English maker and hallmark, obverse inscribed 'V.Jones', reverse inscribed 'W.D.R.C./Aggregate/1930'. Both with ring top suspensions, very fine. (2)
Estimate $140
SOLD $90
North Dunedin Rifles, fob medal, hand engraved in silver with gold (40x28mm), by A.Stoneham (Dunedin), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Ladies/Challenge Shield/3rd/North Dn.Rifles/Pte Dippie/ 20/3/09'. Good very fine.
Estimate $250
Passed in
Government prize medal, handcrafted in gold (possibly 18ct, tot wt 30.9g, 30mm), no maker, ribbon and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won by/No.108/Col-Serg H.H.Moss/Bluff Guards Rifles/Best Shot/In South Island/1909-10'. Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,400
National Rifle Association of New Zealand, c1910, uniface, struck in bronze (40x23mm), no maker, suspension missing. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Grinlinton Cup, medal, handcrafted in silver (29x29mm) with gold crossed rifles on the obverse, no maker, reverse inscribed 'Won By/Pvt. Govenlock/Score 84/1910' [illustrated]; another, with same inscription but 'Score 90/1911'; also, hand engraved stock medal in silver (40x32mm) with gold shield on obverse, by W.W.C., hallmark for Birmingham 1914, uninscribed, all three with ring top suspensions; also, Dominion Rifle Association, 1919 embroidered patch badges (85x45mm) (2) for 1919 [illustrated] and 1920. Generally very fine, the metal toned, the cloth a little moth eaten at centres. (5)
Estimate $250
Passed in
M.M.R. (Marlborough Mounted Rifles), fob medal, handcrafted in silver (25x25mm), English maker and hallmark, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Tpr.W.H.Gane/2nd/Barry Cup/1910'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
Passed in
P.F.M.R.C. (Peel Forest Miniature Rifle Club), hand engraved in voided gold (9ct, 6.6g, 35x30mm), no maker, pin-back and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'P.F.M.R.C./To/L.J.Heney/Best Ten Targets/Season 1910'; another, 1923, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 6.5g, 35x30mm), no maker, pin-back and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Season Medal/Won By/L.J.Heney/1923/Average 34'. Fine; very fine. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $400
W.M.R. (Waimea Mounted Rifles), fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 7.4g, 48mm) and enamel, English maker and hallmark, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Class/Firing/Won by/Trooper/R.Hannen/1910'. Nearly very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
2nd Regt A.M.R. (Auckland Mounted Rifles), Shield Competn., 1910, struck and hand engraved in gold (9ct, 8.3g, 24x25mm), by A.Kohn (Adolph Kohn, Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Piako Mtd. Rifles/Won By/Pvt. E.Fitton'. Very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $240
T.R.C. (Taradale Rifle Club), fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 4.8g, 34x34mm), by A.C. & Co, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented/By/Mrs H.J.Grieve/Won By/G.Grant 1910-1911/2.5.6.=97'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
The Navy League, Otago Branch N.Z., struck in silver (32mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Wm.Somerville/Milton D.H.S./Shooting/1911'. Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $250
Passed in
N.Z.R.A. (New Zealand Rifle Association), (probably 1911), handcrafted in silver and gold (45mm), by Hislop & Co (Dunedin), reverse inscribed 'Won By/W.J.Harris'. Pin broken off reverse, otherwise fine.
Estimate $350
Passed in
(Waireku Rifle Club Competition 1911), (inscribed on reverse), fob medal, hand engraved in voided silver (45x37mm), English maker and hallmark, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Rifle/Shooting' 'T.A.'; fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.3g, 30x27mm), by S.D. & Co. (Stewart Dawson & Co), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Manners St/Shooting Gallery/Won by/T.A.Ahlers/8-1-18'; fob medal, uniface struck in gold (9ct, 11.2g, 30x30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W.S.M.R.C. (Wellington South Miniature Rifle Club)/Champ/1925/T.Ahlers'; fob medal, struck uniface and hand engraved in gold (9ct, 9.9g, 35x30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W.M.R.A. (Wellington Miniature Rifle Association)/1925/T.Ahlers'; The Bell Medal, struck in bronze (38mm), no maker, unawarded. Fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $900
SOLD $850
W.M.R. (Waimarino Mounted Rifles), hand engraved in silver (30x28mm), by WHH, hallmark for Birmingham 1911, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'W.M.R./Sports/Jan.24 1911', reverse inscribed 'Gun Rescue/Tpr.F.Todd'. Fine.
Estimate $70
Passed in
Fob medal, struck uniface in gold (probably 15ct or 18ct, 14.0g, 35x30mm), by A.Kohn (Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented/By/Hon.A.M.Myers.M.P./To/Best Equipped Trooper/Won by/Private L.Buchanan/10.2.12'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $550
SOLD $700
M.G.C. (Masterton Gun Club), handcrafted in gold (15ct, 13.7g, 40x35mm), set on the obverse with a ruby or garnet, no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Championship/1912/won by/F.H.Taplin'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $650
P.F.M.R.C. (Peel Forest Miniature Rifle Club), hand engraved in silver and gold (35x37mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1912'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
Tararua Rifle Club, 1912, hand engraved in gold (9ct, est tot wt 10.0g, 35x30mm), English maker and hallmark, attached to leather fob band with attached gold trimmings. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Ashburton, Cantby. Miniature Rifle Champ, stock medal, struck in gold (9ct, 8.1g, 30x28mm), English maker and hallmark, reverse inscribed 'Won By/H.Dockery/1913'; Ch-Ch.M.R.A. (Christchurch Miniature Rifle Association), handcrafted in gold (9ct, 8.9g, 35x28mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Ch-Ch.M.R.A./Championship/1917/2nd Prize/H.Dockery'; another, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.2g, 25x25mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Ch-Ch.M.R.A./Team Champ./1918/Won By/H.Dockery/W.M.C.'; I.S.R.C., handcrafted in bronze (32mm), by G.C. & Co (Giles Coates, Christchurch), reverse inscribed 'H.Dockery/3rd/1919'; W.M.C.D.R.C. (working Men's Club Defence Rifle Club), hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.4g, 27x27mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'W.M.C.D.R.C./Champion 1922/H.Dockery'; Independent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity, in silver and enamel (20x27mm), no maker, uninscribed. All with ring top suspensions, very fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $900
SOLD $800
National League of New Zealand, Miniature Rifle Competitions, fob medal, struck in silver gilt (25mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Cadet L.Webber/Cambridge/Senior Cadets/Service'; stock fob medal, in gold (9ct, 7.1g, 36x28mm), English maker and hallmark, reverse inscribed 'L.Webber/Best/Cadet Shot/No.4 Group/1913'; fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 6.7g, 33x29mm), unidentified maker, obverse inscribed 'L.Webber/Winner of/Fraser Smith Belt/1917'; fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.8g, 30x30mm), no maker, obverse inscribed 'L.W.', reverse inscribed 'Championship Belt/8.4.22'; fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 5.1g, 35x35mm), English maker and hallmark, pin-back, obverse inscribed 'Rifleman/L.Webber/1916', reverse inscribed 'Golden Wedding/1881-1931/Fraser-Smith Belt'; fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 2.3g, 40x25mm), by 'W', obverse inscribed 'L.W.', reverse inscribed '500 & 600 Yds/Belt/Shoot'. Very fine - extremely fine, all but one with ring top suspensions. (6)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $900
N.Z. Cadets Ladies Challenge Cup, Green Island No.22, medal struck in silver (23mm), by S.D. & Co Ld (Stewart Dawson), hallmark for Birmingham, with ring top, bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Sergt.F.A.Crimp/1913-4'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
N.Z. Cadets Ladies Challenge Cup, Pleasant Point No.42, medal struck in silver (23mm), by S.D. & Co Ld (Stewart Dawson), hallmark for Birmingham, with ring top, bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Cadet/W.Bain/1914'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
N.Z.F.U. (New Zealand Farmers' Union), 1914, stock fob medal, struck uniface in gold (9ct, 8.5g, 26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'N.Z.F.U./Rifle Competition/won by/Kaiapoi Branch/A.W.Ironside'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $320
Champion Shot, 1914, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 11.3g, 35x28mm), by Kessell (B.M.Kessell, Hastings), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won By/D.S.McLeod/Champion Shot/1914'. Good very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $340
N.Z. Cadets Ladies Challenge Cup, No.67 Coy, medal struck in silver (23mm), by S.D. & Co Ld (Stewart Dawson), hallmark for Birmingham, with ring top, bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Priv.W.E.C.Poll/Score 84/1914-15'. Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $100
Passed in
New Zealand Rifle Association, c1915, struck in bronze (36mm), by Bock (W.R.Bock, Wellington), suspender with ribbon, unawarded. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
Passed in
New Zealand Rifle Association, c1915, struck in bronze (36mm), by Bock (W.R.Bock, Wellington), unawarded. Mount removed from top edge, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $400
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New Zealand Rifle Association, c1915, struck in bronze (36mm), by Bock (W.R.Bock, Wellington), unawarded. Mount removed from top, otherwise extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $400
Passed in
K.M.R.A. (Kaiapoi Miniature Rifle Association), hand engraved in gold (9ct, 6.9g, 30x33mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'K.M.R.A./Senior/Aggregate/1915/W.J.Marsden'; N.C.R.A. (North Canterbury Rifle Association), handcrafted in gold (9ct, 12.0g, 40x33mm) with small central shield in silver, no maker, reverse inscribed 'N.C.R.A./Medal/W.Marsden/Champion/1919'; Waikari Miniature Rifle Club, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 8.4g, 27x27mm) with central crossed rifles in silver, no maker, reverse inscribed 'Waikari/Miniature Rifle Club/Aggregate Medal/Won By/W.J.Marsden/1929', all with ring top suspensions. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $650
SOLD $800
M.R.C. (Meremere Rifle club), hand engraved in gold (9ct, 3.2g, 33x22mm), by (beaver) (A.Beaver, Wellington), reverse inscribed 'W.H.Cochrane/1915'; another, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.9g, 35x32mm), reverse inscribed 'Second/Mere-Mere/Rifle Club/Cup Competition/1916', obverse inscribed 'Presented/To/W.H.Cochrane'. Both with ring top suspensions, very fine. (2)
Estimate $350
SOLD $320