Catalogue
Hutt District Agricultural Horticultural and Pastoral Society, struck in bronze (58mm), by H.Wilkinson & Co Ltd (Sheffield), reverse inscribed 'J.Hall/1st Prize/Collection Native Flowers/1879'. Corroded (having been in a fire or the ground), good but rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Lincoln Ploughing Match Association, struck in gold (15ct, 9.7g, 29mm), uncertain maker (AF Ld - possibly Alex Fergusson, Invercargill), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Leonard Cross/1920'. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $480
Lincoln Ploughing Match Association, struck in gold (15ct, 11.2g, 29mm), uncertain maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.Brown/1922'. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Lincoln Ploughing Match Association, struck in gold (15ct, 10.8g, 29mm), uncertain maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Class D/R.L.Corbett/1925'. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Ploughing, prize fob medals, 1911-1914, Malvern, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 8.2g, 34x27mm), English maker and hallmark, reverse inscribed 'Presented as/Special Prize/To/E.W.R.Leslie/The Winner of the/D.F. No Cut/Malvern Ploughing/Match/Aug.1911'; N.C.P.M. (North Canterbury Ploughing Match), 1912, Class A, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 5.3g, 30x18mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Won/by/E.Leslie'; Malvern, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 14.6g, 35x35mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Malvern/Ploughing Match/E.W.R.Leslie/Winner Class C/1913'; Hororata Ploughing Match, 1914, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 3.8g, 32x26mm), by G.C. & Co. (Giles Coates, Christchurch), reverse inscribed 'Winner of/Challenge Cup/E.W.R.Leslie'; another, as last, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 9.6g, 40x34mm), reverse inscribed 'Champion/Ploughman/Class B/E.W.R.Leslie'. All with ring top suspensions, very fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $1,200
Souvenir of Manawatu A & P Association, c1890s, fob medal, struck in silver (24mm), by Bock/Wishart & Co (Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed with initials 'C.C.'. Surface marks, dirt within the devices, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $200
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Souvenir of Manawatu A & P Association, c1890s, fob medal, struck in silver (24mm), by Bock/Wishart & Co (Wellington), ring top missing, reverse inscribed with initials 'D.L.'. Very good, having been worn on a fob chain.
Estimate $80
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Souvenir of Manawatu A & P Association, struck in silver (24mm), by Bock/Wishart & Co, unnamed; also, a member's tin badge (32mm) for the 1935 Golden Jubilee of the Association. Fine, the first illustrated. (2)
Estimate $50
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Manawatu & West Coast Agrical. & Pastal. Asson., c1897, struck in silver (38mm), by F.Hyams, Dunedin, reverse inscribed 'Rayner & Sons/Champion Lincoln/Ewe'. Good extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $480
Manawatu & West Coast A & P Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'J.T.Moore/Champ./Draught Mare/1901'; another, reverse inscribed 'Frank Moore/Champ.Th./Mare/Nov.1905'; another, reverse inscribed 'G.F.Moore/Hereford/Bull/1907'; another, reverse inscribed 'G.F.Moore/Hereford Bull/1908'. The first with edge bruise on obverse, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $2,000
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Manawatu & West Coast A & P Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'T.W.Kirk F.L.S./For/Collection/of/Grasses/1901'. Surface marks, toned, good very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $360
Manawatu & West Coast A. & P. Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'E.Short/Champ Hereford/Bull/1904'; fob medal, hand engraved in gold (15ct, 13.0g, 40x27mm), by O'C & T (O'Connor & Tydeman, Palmerston North), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented To/Mr Ernest Short/By His/Fellow Councillors/As A/Mark of Esteem/Kimbolton/19.3.10'; (Hawkes Bay Show), fob medal, hand engraved, in gold (9ct, 9.6g, 29x29mm), by F.G. (Frank Grady, Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Champion/Hereford Cow/Won By/Mr.E.Short's Lady Graceful 50th'/At/Hawkes Bay/1917'. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $2,000
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Manawatu & West Coast A & P Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Perry Bros/Champion/Lincoln Ram/1905'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $360
Manawatu & West Coast A. & P. Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'J.Knight/Southdown/Ram/1907'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $600
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Manawatu & West Coast A & P Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'G.F.Moore/Hereford Cow/1909'; another as last, reverse inscribed 'G.F.Moore/Hereford Bull/1909'. Nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $1,200
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Manawatu & West Coast A & P Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Ernest Short/For/Champion/Hereford/Cow/1914'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $600
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Manawatu & West Coast A. & P. Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Wm. Taylor/Champion/Shorthorn Bull/1914'. Toned, uncirculated, in a fitted case of issue.
Estimate $600
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M. & W.C. A. & P.A. (Manawatu & West Coast Agricultural & Pastoral Association), N.D.S. (National Daffodil Society), 1918, inscribed uniface medal, struck in silver (45mm), by WR&HL (Walker & Hall), English hallmark, reverse inscribed 'Wright Stevenson & Co Ltd/2nd Prize/Seeds Display'. Some edge bruising, toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $300
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M. & W.C. A & P.A. (Manawatu & West Coast Agricultural & Pastoral Association), fob medal, struck uniface in gold (29x26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'S.S.1934/Ch.Tam.Sow/Cheltenham/D.Co.'. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Maori agricultural medal, founded by Charles, Lord Bledisloe, Tihema 1932, struck in oxidised bronze (63mm), by Mayer & Kean, designed by F.C.Mitchell, Wellington, unawarded (S.486). Uncirculated and a striking example of Mayer's work from the mid 20th century.
Estimate $1,000
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Marlborough Agricultural & Pastoral Association, struck in silver (49mm), by E.Altmann (Melbourne), reverse inscribed 'Awarded to/Walter Litchfield/for best/Ayrshire Bull/Any Age/Nov.1886'. Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,100
SOLD $700
M.A.A. (Marton Agricultural Association), 1915, stock medal in gold (9ct, 6.2g, 27x30mm), by N & Son (Nettleship & Son, Wanganui), reverse inscribed 'Champion/Brood Mare/Te Hau/Won by/James Bull'; another, but 1916, in gold (9ct, 11.0g, 30x25mm), by N & Son; Masterton A & P.A., Solway, 1918, stock medal, uniface, struck in gold (15ct, 10.3g, 26mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Ch/Thoroughbred/Stallion/Won By/"All Red"/J.Bull'; Marton Show, 1919, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 9.6g, 30x30mm), unidentified maker, reverse inscribed 'Champion/Thoroghbred/J.Bull's/"All Red"'; Marton Show, 1919, stock medal in gold (9ct, 6.7g, 26mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Won By/J Bull's Mare/by Natator'; Marton Show, 1922, stock medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.6g, 28mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Champion/Thoroughbred/Stallion/Jas.Bulls/"All Red"'; M.A.P.S. (Marton Agricultural & Pastoral Show), (1920), stock medal, hand engraved, in gold (9ct, 4.2g, 28x30mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Won By/J.Bull's/Brood Mare/By Frisco'. All with ring top suspensions, very fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $2,500
SOLD $1,800
Massey Agricultural College, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.3g, 35x25mm), English maker and hallmark, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Farmers Trading Company Ltd', reverse inscribed 'Massey Agricultural College/Dairy/Farmers Course/1935/J.C.Newhook'; also, Royal Veterinary College Founded 1791, Class Medal, struck in bronze (51mm), no maker (Fattorini & Sons, Birmingham), reverse inscribed 'Season 1936-37/First Year/Biology/J.C.Newhook/2nd'. Extremely fine, the second in a fitted case of Fattorini & Sons Ltd. (2)
Estimate $450
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Massey Agricultural College, Sir Jas. Wilson Medal, struck in silver (28mm), by M&K Ld (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'First Year/Sheep/Farming Course/1945/R.P.Williams'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
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M.A. & P. Assocn. (Masterton Agricultural & Pastoral Association), stock medal, struck in silver (30mm), by S.Kohn & Co., Wellington, N.Z., reverse inscribed 'Awarded to/H.Campbell/First Prize/Ham'. Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $750
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M.A. & P. (Masterton Agricultural & Pastoral) Association, 1885, inscribed medal struck in silver (30mm), by S.Kohn & Co., Wellington, N.Z., pin removed from reverse, inscribed thereon 'Awarded To/J.C.Vallance/First Prize/Thoroughbred Yearling Colt/Cupid'. Edge bruises and surface marks, otherwise very fine and rare.
Estimate $450
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M.A. & P.A. (Masterton Agricultural & Pastoral Association), fob medal, in gold (probably 9ct, 7.8g, 26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Awarded/To/J.Devonshire/Champion Prize/Best Thoroughbred Entire/Forerunner/1896'. Very fine.
Estimate $500
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Family group, Masterton A & P A, Solway, 1915, stock medal struck in gold (probably 9ct, 9.6g, 26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Ch Lincoln Ram/won by/D.MacDonald; stock medal in gold (9ct, 5.1g, 24mm), no maker, ring top suspender missing, obverse inscribed 'Masterton Collie Club/Yarding/D.MacDonald/"Cad"', reverse inscribed 'Presented/By/F.Cooper Esq'; Wairarapa & East Coast P & A Society, struck in gold (9ct, 9.4g, 26mm), by Bock (W.R.Bock, Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Champion Hack/Mr A.McDonalds/"Workman"/1929'; WWI 'Kia-Ora' identity disc, uniface, struck in silver (27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '44592/MacDonald.D.M./N.Z.E.F./Blood Group C/Re L16 Pres'; Dannevirke High School, uniface, struck in bronze (26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'R.J.McD/O B Race'; North Island Sheep Dog Trial Association, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, 10.6g, 35x23mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Centre/Championship/1931/R.J.MacDonald's/"Smoke"/Weber'; New Zealand Sheep Dog Trial Assn., 'Life Member' badge in brass and enamel (43x24mm), no maker, pin-back; another, but 'Patron'; D.R.S.U., 'Life Member' fob medal in the shape of a football, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.0g, 27x20mm), by S&M, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'R.J.MacDonald'; also, fob medal hand engraved in silver (39x32mm), by C.E.S., hallmark for Birmingham 1893, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Presented/By/G.Lumsden/1st Jan.95', reverse inscribed '1st/Y'ths.Pipe Music/C.Macartney'. Fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $1,200
M.A. & P.As. (Masterton Agricultural & Pastoral Association), 1932, stock medal in gold (9ct, 7.6g, 27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'CH/Shorthorn Bull/D.Buchanan'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
Matau Ploughing Match, 1882, hand engraved fob medal (probably 15ct, 9.1g, 33x23mm), no maker, scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1st Prize/Swing Plough/Juniors/G.McKay'; Clutha County Ploughing Match (1883), handcrafted in silver (60x47mm), by Hislop (John Hislop, Dunedin), ornate surround with scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won By/G.McKay'; S.I.R.C., Life Member's badge, hand engraved in gold (probably 9ct, 5.9g, 25mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'G.McKay'. Fine; nearly extremely fine; extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $2,000
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