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A.S.C. (presumed attribution - Auckland Swimming Club), fob medal, handcrafted in silver with gold (35x35mm), by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.S.C./80 Yds/under 16/Won By/P.Drummond/27.2.92' (D&C.S9). Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $600
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New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association, trial strike of obverse centre design, uniface, in copper (28mm), by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland) (cfD&C.R17). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $750
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I.B.S.L.S.C. (Island Bay Surf Life Saving Club), handcrafted fob medal in gold (9ct, 7.6g, 31mm) with silver centrepiece, reverse inscribed V.L.Allan/100 Yds Free/17-2-17'; D.C.L. Trophy (inscribed), fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 4.7g, 33x28mm), reverse inscribed 'Veterans Race/1922/V.L.Allan'; W.B.A.S. & L.S.C. (Worser Bay Amateur Swimming & Life Saving Club), stock medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 6.9g, 26mm), reverse inscribed 'W.B.A.S. & L.S.C./1923.24/De Rose Memorial/Cup/V.L.Allan'. No maker's marks, all with ring top suspensions, very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $550
SOLD $500
Ponsonby Amateur Swimming Club, c1920s, uniface, five silver prize fob medals, struck in silver (27mm), all by A.T.Long (Dunedin), all won by A.Forrest as a boy 10-13 years [one illustrated]; another, silver prize fob (30x22mm), by English maker, inscribed '1st/Boys/50 Yds'; also, Dominion & Industrial Exhibition, (Auckland, 1924), uniface, struck in silver (30mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'C.400/A.Forrest/2nd/1924' (M.1924/2) [illustrated]; also, Masonic Lodge jewel, Lodge Ponsonby, No.708 S.C., handcrafted in gold (9ct, tot wt 22g, 70x52mm), no maker, ribbon, bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented To/Bro A.E.Forrest P.M./By the Bren of/Lodge Ponsonby/No.708 S.C./5 Novr. 1941' [illustrated]. All with ring top suspensions except the last, very fine - extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $600
New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association, fob medal in gold (15ct, 15.7g, 35x24mm) and enamel, by Thomas Fattorini, Birminghmam, hallmark for Birmingham 1924, reverse inscribed 'Diving/Championship/1925/W.Keesing'; Greymouth, uniface fob medal struck in silver (25mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Greymouth Diamond Jubilee Swimming Carnival/W.Keesing/2nd/100 Yds Champ./28-2-28'. Extremely fine, both with ring top suspensions. (2)
Estimate $750
SOLD $750
A group of swimming and surf life saving medals, awarded to J.E.Hatchwell between 1931 and 1981, Royal Life Saving Society, struck in bronze (30mm), '25-11-31' [illustrated]; another, but Canterbury Head Centre, struck in silver (29mm), '6-4-32' [illustrated]; R.N. & R.M. Devonport, struck in silver (39mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '1st Water Polo/1943' [illustrated]; another, but bronze, reverse inscribed '2nd 100 yds/1943' [illustrated]; another, as last, reverse inscribed '2nd 200 yds/1943'; New Zealand Surf Life Saving Association, struck in silver and blue enamel (28mm) (6), all by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), for various events in 1939, 1946 (3) 1947 and 1948 [one illustrated]; others as last, in bronze and blue enamel (28mm) (5), all by M&K, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940 and 1949 [one illustrated]; Royal Life Saving Society, For Services Rendered (1962), in white metal and enamel (27x27mm), no maker, ribbon and bar with pin-back [illustrated]; another, Service Cross (1981), struck in gilt and enamel (40x28mm), no maker, ribbon and bar with pin-back [illustrated]; also, Y.M.C.A. Boys' Order of the Red Triangle (30mm), no maker, ring top suspension; also, Royal Life Saving Society, struck in bronze (33mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'M.Hatchwell/1961'. Very fine - extremely fine. (20)
Estimate $600
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W.T.C. (Wellington Technical College) For Merit, struck in bronze (76mm), no maker (J.A.Wylie & Co, London), edge inscribed 'F.Staub/Junior Swimming Champion 1934/Intermediate 1935'; Wellington Amateur Swimming Club, fob medal struck in silver (26mm), by 'B' (Bock?), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '100 Yds/Secondary School/Boys Championship/1935/F.Staub'; New Zealand Surf Life Saving Association, fob medal struck in copper and enamel (28mm), by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Junior 7 Man/Champsp./1935/F.Staub'. Extremely fine, the first in fitted case of J.A.Wylie, London. (3)
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, 8.7g, 27mm) and enamel, by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1938/Junior Girls/Dive/1st/M.Stewart' [illustrated]; another as last, in gold (9ct, 8.0g, 27mm) and enamel, reverse inscribed '75 Yds/Int Girls Breaststroke/M.Stewart/(Otago)/1939'; New Zealand Surf Life Saving Association, Surf Medallion, uniface, struck in bronze (32x28mm), by M&K, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'M.Stewart/1942'; another, uniface, struck in silver and blue enamel (29mm), by M&K, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '6.Ladies/R & R Champ./1944/M.Stewart' [illustrated]; O.G.H.S. (Otago Girls High School), badge struck in silver and blue enamel (35mm), by V&S (Vaughton & Son), Birmingham hallmark, pin-back [illustrated]; another, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 6.4g, 28x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Sidey Sports Medal/1940/Mary Stewart' [illustrated]; another, Prefect, 1941, badge in silver (25x21mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Mary Stewart'. Very fine - good very fine. (7)
Estimate $650
SOLD $700
Water sports, a group of (21) medals to N.R.Chambers 1938-1951: Royal Surf Life Saving Society Established 1891 (33mm), reverse inscribed 'N.Chambers/30.11.38' [illustrated]; New Zealand Surf Live Saving Association, struck in bronze (32x27mm), by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), uninscribed [illustrated]; another, in bronze and blue enamel (28mm), by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), reverse inscribed 'N.Z.Junior/Relay Champ./N.Chambers/1939' [illustrated]; another, reverse inscribed '2nd/Senior/Beltman Champ./N.Chambers/1946'; another, reverse inscribed 'Senior/1949/N.Z. Beltmans/N.R.Chambers'; another, reverse inscribed 'Senior/N.Z. R. & R./1951/N.R.Chambers'; another in silver and blue enamel, reverse inscribed '1940/Centennial/Championships/N.R.Chambers' [illustrated]; another, reverse inscribed '1st/Senior/Individ. Surf Race/N.Chambers/1946'; another, reverse inscribed '1st/N.Chambers/Senior/Surf Relay/1946; another, reverse inscribed 'Senior/N.Z./Indiv.Surf/N.R.Chambers/1949'; another, reverse inscribed 'Senior/N.Z./Surf Teams/N.R.Chambers/1949'; another, reverse inscribed 'Senior/N.Z. Surf Teams/N.R.Chambers/1951'; another, reverse inscribed 'Senior/N.Z./Surf Teams/N.Chambers/1952', all with ring top suspensions; New Zealand Amateur Swimming Association, 1948, struck in silver (38mm), reverse inscribed '220 Yds/N.Chambers/1st'[illustrated]; another, reverse inscribed '440 Yds/N.Chambers/1st'; Otago Centenary Medal 1948 (M&P.1948/2), reverse inscribed 'N.Z.A.S.A. Championship Dunedin 1948/220 Yds/Mens Freestyle/N.Chambers/1st' [illustrated]; British Empire Games Medal 1950 (M&P.1950/7), reverse inscribed 'J.Chambers/New Zealand' [illustrated]; 'N.Z. Water Polo Champ/1952', stock badge in plain silver (24mm), reverse inscribed 'N.Chambers'; another, 'Water Polo Champs/Canterbury A', reverse inscribed 'N.R.Chambers', both with pin-back suspensions; New Zealand Swimming Association/Water Polo/Club Championship, badges (2) in brass and enamel (35x40mm), by Mayer & Kean Ld, Wellington, pin-back suspension [1, illustrated]. Very fine - extremely fine. (21)
Estimate $1,100
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