Catalogue
Anzac Race, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 6.1g, 30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won By/George Reid/Waipiata/26.12.16'. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $190
4th N.Z. Infantry (Res) Brigade, uniface, fob medal, struck in gold (9ct, 7.3g, 26mm), by V&S (Vaughton & Son, Birmingham), hallmark for Birmingham, 1918, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1st/Relay Race'. Good extremely fine and very rare in gold.
Estimate $600
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4th N.Z. Infantry (Res) Brigade, uniface, fob medal, struck in silver (26mm), by V&S (Vaughton & Son, Birmingham), hallmark for Birmingham, 1918, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Pte Fordham/Broad Jump/21-9-18'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
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4th N.Z. Infantry (Res) Brigade, struck in gold (9ct, 7.8g, 25mm), by V&S (Vaughton & Sons, Birmingham), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1st/Relay Race'; another, struck in silver with gold centre, hallmark for Birmingham 1919, reverse inscribed '2nd/Cycle Race'. Extremely fine, the second toned. (2)
Estimate $350
SOLD $220
4th N.Z. Infantry (Res) Brigade, fob medal, uniface, struck in silver (26mm), by V&S (Vaughton & Son, Birmingham), hallmark for Birmingham 1918, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Tug-Of-War/S.Sgt/A.F.Sadgrove'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
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7th W.W.C.-Regt (7th Wellington & West Coast Regiment), 1918, uniface stock medal in silver (32mm) with gold coat of arms attached to obverse, by N. & Son, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Tug of War/J.E.James/D Coy/1918'. Very fine.
Estimate $200
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New Zealand Expeditionary Force, c1918, struck in silver (21mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'To/Laurie/from Daddy'. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $80
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Y.M.C.A (Young Men's Christian Association), WWI, handcrafted in silver and gold (42x42mm), no maker, ring top suspension, obverse crudely inscribed 'Y.M.C.A./1st Bde/Palestine/Regby (sic) (Rugby)/December/1918', reverse inscribed 'Won by/Sergeant/B.Thorpe'. Very fine.
Estimate $350
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WWI, prize medal struck in silver (39mm), English maker and hallmark, obverse inscribed '3rd B/N/./Canterbury/Regt./N.Z.E.F.'. Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $350
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British Expeditionary Force Recreational Training, WWI, struck in brass (33mm), no maker, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Swimming', reverse inscribed '2nd/Spr Shearer/N.Z./France'. Fine.
Estimate $100
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Southern Counties Cross Country Association, uniface, struck in brass (25mm), by Vaughton, Birm., ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '6/1711/F.Shaw/1st Cant.Regt./1918'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
WWI, identity tag, hand engraved on the smoothed out reverse of a copper medal (32mm) of Lord Kitchener, reverse inscribed 'N.Z.Mil.Forces/ 3/561/No.1 N.Z.S.H.'. Good fine.
Estimate $200
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Identity disc, hand engraved on a smoothed out reverse of an Egypt, ten piastres coin of 1917, inscribed '3/122/Sgt.S.H.Cowan/Palestine/New Zealand Medical Corps/1914-1917', pierced at top for suspension. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
WWI identity disc, on a France, Louis Philippe I, silver five francs (c1840) (37mm), reverse smoothed out and impressed with 'N.Z. Mil.Forces/H.Faithful/Otago.M.R./ 9/2066', holed at top for suspension. Fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
New Zealand Veterinary Corps, unofficial identity disc using a French two franc coin, inscribed on obverse 'Sgt.Mjr.J.Goddard/ 17/67 /N.Z.V.C./Att/13th Bty'. Holed at top for suspension, very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
R.S.A. (Returned and Services' Association) Hospital Visitor, c1920, badge in brass and enamel (31mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse numbered '10'. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
HMS Chatham, fob medal, uniface, struck in silver and gold, no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'H.M.S.Chatham/Athletics/H.Moyes/29.4.22'. Good fine.
Estimate $150
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Wellington West Coast Regt, uniface, struck in silver (29mm), English maker and hallmark, ring top, ribbon and bar with pin-back, reverse inscribed '50 Yds/Swimming/W.C.Ryland/B.Coy./1927-28'. Very fine.
Estimate $60
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R.N.V.R. (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve), 1930, uniface struck in silver (37x32mm), by Young & Co., Auckland, ring top suspension, unawarded. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
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Everymans Hut, Waiouru, c1940, badge in voided brass and enamel (35mm), no maker, lug-back. Very fine.
Estimate $70
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Maadi (Egypt), WWII, 1940, Pitch & Putt, struck in bronze (30mm), by T.Bichay (Cairo), ring top suspension, '3rd' impressed on obverse. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
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Group of Seven: 1939-45 Star; Africa Star - clasp 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45 - MID; New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45; New Zealand Efficiency Medal (EIIR) (O&D.98). All unnamed, the last with '25612' engraved on reverse. On a bar as worn, very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Group of Five: Pacific Star; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Defence Medal 1939-35; New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45, all unnamed as issued, together with identity discs (2) for 74068 J.N.Knight; also, Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand, prize medal, uniface, struck in bronze (59mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Awarded To/John Knight/For/General Excellence/1934' [illustrated]; and, commemorative medallion, aluminium (32mm), Christchurch Exhibition, 1906-07 (M.1906-07/5) 'H.S.Knight, Madras St'. Very fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $750
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Group of Four: Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Defence Medal 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45. All unnamed. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
United Fire Brigades Association of N Z, Long Service Medal for five years service, c1940s, in silver (39mm), no maker (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland design), reverse inscribed 'Kevin Robinson/NZDF' (cfD&C.L3; O&D.115). Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
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WWI/WWII, identity tags, 43940, V H B, NZ, on reverse of British pennies (2); 29116, G.Willan, NZRB, on obverse of Australia 1914 penny; 41669, Pte W.Turnbull, NZEF, on leather discs (2); 26/494 G.L.O.Martin, on leather disc; 72781, B.E.Wilson, on leather disc; 50105, F.W.Randall, on leather discs (2); 12158, D.R.Sarsfield, on smoothed out obverse of a NZ 1940 Centennial halfcrown. Very good - fine. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
WWII identity tag, on the smoothed out obverse of a New Zealand Centennial halfcrown coin, 1940, holed at top for suspension, impressed 'Seaman/T.P.Fogarty/7159/RC'. Fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $130
WWII identity tag, fashioned on a gilt New Zealand, 1941 halfpenny, obverse smoothed out and a 'NZ Onward' coat of arms applied in the centre, underneath '44448' inscribed, reverse as normal coin, pierced at top with ring suspension. Very fine.
Estimate $80
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WWII, Tiki pendant (ID tag), uniface, struck in silver (35x17mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '81131/A.K.Morris/B.G.O.'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
WWII, Tiki pendant (ID tag), uniface, struck in silver (30x17mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W.Hunt/481450'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140