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Tin badges, rugby, c1950s (5), Souvenir/N.Z. All Blacks (32mm) with ribbon; Souvenir/British Isles Rugby Team/1950 (32mm) (2 different, one with ribbon); Souvenir/North Auckland/Football (42mm and 32mm) (2, one with ribbon); also, Moira Jones/Awanui Club (32mm) by O'Dell Ch-Ch, all with pin-backs. Very fine. (6)
Estimate $80
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S.R.F.C., rugby ball shape, struck in silver and enamel (32x19mm), no maker, pin-back suspension, inscribed on obverse '11th B/1959/Ideal Player/L.Thorburn'. Some damage to enamel, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $70
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Fob medals, uniface, struck in silver and 9ct gold (35x31mm), no maker, ring top suspension, the first inscribed on reverse 'Whangaehu/10-A-Side/1959', the second as first but dated 1960. Very fine, the second illustrated. (2)
Estimate $150
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D.R.S.U., life member badge in the shape of a rugby ball, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 6.3g, 28x20mm), no maker, ring top and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'H.W.Haigh/1964'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $190
New Zealand Herald Junior Sports Award, struck in bronze (48mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Paul Kehoma/Matete/for/High Merit/Rugby League/1968'. Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $150
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Welsh Tour to New Zealand, 1969, supporter's badge, in gilt and enamel (37x22mm), by Bock, Wellington, pin-back. Extremely fine.
Estimate $70
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Canterbury Savings Bank, Rugby Trophy, c1970s, medal struck in silver (38mm), no maker, unawarded. Extremely fine.
Estimate $70
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Wales-New Zealand, (1980), struck in silver (50mm), by Royal Mint (D.J.G.), hallmark for London, 1980, coat of arms on obverse with dates 1905, 1924, 1935, 1953, 1963, 1972, 1978 and 1980, reverse 'To Commemorate 75 Years of Rivalry and Friendship' (M&P.1980/7); another, as last, struck in bronze (50mm) (M&P.1980/7). Extremely fine and rare, only 50 silver medals struck. (2)
Estimate $600
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Wales-New Zealand, (1980), struck in silver (50mm), by Royal Mint (D.J.G.), hallmark for London, 1980, coat of arms on obverse with dates 1905, 1924, 1935, 1953, 1963, 1972, 1978 and 1980, reverse 'To Commemorate 75 Years of Rivalry and Friendship' (M&P.1980/7). Extremely fine and rare, only 50 struck.
Estimate $350
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O.R.F.U. (Otago Rugby Football Union), 1997, Speights Dunedin Senior Championship, uniface, struck in gilt and enamel (55x38mm), ring top suspension, unawarded. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
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O.R.F.U. (Otago Rugby Football Union), 1997, Speights Dunedin Senior Championship, uniface, struck in silvered base metal and enamel (55x38mm), ring top suspension, unawarded. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
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IRB (International Rugby Board), Pacific 5 Nations, struck in gilt (50mm), by Millers Badges (Sydney), inscribed '2006/Champions'. Extremely fine, in fitted case.
Estimate $300
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