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Ministry of Transport, New Zealand, Long Service and Good Conduct (Traffic Enforcement) Medal, struck in silver (37mm), no maker, suspender, ribbon and bar with pin-back, edge inscribed 'B.T.Katene 1986' (O&D.110). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police, Chairmans Award, c1990s, uniface, struck in oxidised steel (50mm), no maker (Mayer & Toye), unawarded. Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
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New Zealand General Service Medal 1992, (Non-Warlike) - clasp Arabian Gulf, no ribbon, unawarded. Uncirculated, in cases of issue, one illustrated. (2)
Estimate $400
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New Zealand General Service Medal 1992, (Non-Warlike) - clasp - Sinai, no ribbon, unawarded. Bars separated from medals, otherwise nearly uncirculated. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
New Zealand General Service Medal 1992, (Warlike) - clasp Malaya 1960-64, no ribbon, unawarded. Uncirculated, in cases of issue, one illustrated. (2)
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
New Zealand General Service Medal 1992, (Non-Warlike) - clasp - Sinai, no ribbon, unawarded. Uncirculated, one illustrated. (2)
Estimate $350
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Wellington Army Association, 150th Anniversary Commemorative Medal (1995), unnamed, in case of issue with certificate to 8158 S Sgt H.O.Savage (Medal No 1930). Uncirculated.
Estimate $100
SOLD $60
Group of Four: New Zealand Operational Service Medal 2002; East Timor Medal 2000; United Nations Medal (UNAMET Mission in East Timor); Royal New Zealand Air Force Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (EIIR) (Type 3-Dei Gratia) (O&D.105). The first and third medals unnamed, J88213 D.G.Maxwell RNZAF on the second medal, F/S D G Maxwell J88213 RNZAF on the fourth medal. The second medal engraved, the fourth medal pantographed; Group of Four: matching miniature medals, both groups court mounted; also, United Fire Brigades Association of NZ, Long Service Medal for five years service, in silver (39mm) (Teutenberg design), with (9) 2 years service bars, reverse inscribed 'D.G.Maxwell/By/Ohakea F.B./30-5-82' (D&C.L3; O&D.115); another (UFBA) Sub-Assn Honorary Life Member medal in silver, no maker, reverse inscribed 'G.D.Maxwell/Ruahine/West Coast/F.B.S.A./05-05-01' (O&D.115). Extremely fine. (2 groups + 2 singles).
Estimate $2,000
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Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, Recon Platoon, challenge coin, struck in bronze (40mm) (M&P.-). Reverse a little spotty, nearly uncirculated.
Estimate $80
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RNZEME (Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers), Farrier, challenge coin, struck in bronze (41mm) (M&P.NZCC/AR/53). Uncirculated.
Estimate $80
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Switzerland, Industrial Arts medal, struck in silver (35mm), by A.Bovy, top suspender with striped ribbon, reverse inscribed 'Prix/D'Horlogeric de/Geneve/Chs.Lezard/1856'. Very fine, in a contemporary fitted case.
Estimate $1,200
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Secretary for Crown Lands, New Zealand, a uniface struck impression on a British Queen Victoria copper penny of 185(3), (36mm), pierced at top for suspension, possibly an ID tag or a trial piece, possibly the work of Anton Tuetenberg, Auckland (see note below). Very fine.
Estimate $1,500
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Cobb & Co.'s Telegraph Line of Royal Mail Coaches, c1865, ticket from Maungatawhiri Creek to Auckland, in the name of James Fenton, dated March (18?). Some foxing, otherwise very fine and excessively rare.
Estimate $1,000
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Harrop & Neil, Dunedin, c1870s, stock medal, struck uniface in silver (44mm), ring top suspension, signed below on reverse. Toned, extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $800
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Stock medal, c1870s, in silver (25x25mm), by Beeby (C.Beeby, Dunedin), ring top with suspender, missing centre piece on obverse, uninscribed. Fine.
Estimate $70
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G.Tombs & Co., c1880s, struck uniface in bronze (63mm), no maker, obverse inscribed 'G.Tombs & Co./Printers/and/Bookbinders', reverse blank.
Estimate $450
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Band of Hope, Rangitata Island, pledge ticket, uniface, printed on paper, 19 August 1885, No.38, George Barney. Very fine.
Estimate $100
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Silver vesta case, (31.5g, 40x25mm), by Kohn, c1889, ring top suspension, front inscribed 'To/W.B.Rhodes/From/M.R. & Co's Employees/31.7.89'. Fine and rare, worthy of further research.
Estimate $350
SOLD $220
Badges and medals, New Zealand & South Seas Exhibition, 1889-90, in silver (M.1889-90/2) damaged reverse; Nelson College, badge in gold by Louis Kerr; Southbrook Swim Champ silver fob, 1930; Royal Visit, 1949, tin badges (2); silver sword & shield badge c1950s, 'L.L.' attributed to Patoni; Te Rapa Dairy Factory (M&P.1992/14). Fair - uncirculated. (7)
Estimate $300
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New Zealand Girls' Friendly Society, c1890s, struck in bronze (33x21mm), no maker, ring top suspender broken off. Good fine and rare.
Estimate $250
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New Zealand Girls' Friendly Society, c1890s, struck in bronze (33x21mm), no maker. Glue remnants on reverse, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $250
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New Zealand Girls Friendly Society, c1890s, struck in bronze (32x21mm), no maker, ring top suspension; also, G.F.S., 21 Years membership badge, struck in silver (25mm), English maker and hallmark, pin-back. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
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New Zealand Girls Friendly Society, c1890s, struck in bronze (32x21mm), no maker, ring top suspension. Very fine.
Estimate $100
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New Zealand Farmers' Cooperative Association of Canterbury Ld, Christchurch, 189-, bill of exchange printing copperplate (85x254mm), reverse with impressed oval stamp, 'Hughes & Kimber (Limited)/Manufacturers/London E.C.' In envelope bearing the plate's impression, the envelope damaged, the plate very fine.
Estimate $100
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Canterbury Rowing Club, silver plaque (62x35mm), no maker, stud back, inscribed '1890-1/Christchurch Regatta/and/Wellington Regatta/Senior Fours/won by/Canterbury Rowing Club/N.L.Macbeth.Bow'; Lancaster Park Life Member's badge, struck uniface in bronze and enamel (29x22mm), by Moller, Dn, missing ring top, reverse inscribed 'Mr N.L.MacBeth/90'; copper lithograph plate (93x60mm), in an envelope of Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, inscribed 'Mr W.N.Macbeth/59 Mansfield Avenue'; Navy League Special Service Medal, in silver and enamel (30x28mm), English maker and hallmark, ring top, ribbon and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Miss.Macbeth'. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $300
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Surrey Football Club (Wellington), handcrafted in silver (40x40mm), by J.King (James King, Wellington), reverse inscribed 'Presd. By Wm.King/To/Surrey Football Club/For Best Allround Player/Won By/W.J.Barlow/15-8-91' [illustrated]; (5) medals attributed to A.J.Barlow: Paraparaumu Sports, 1927 Club Relay, stock medal in silver (33x28mm), by 'WA', hallmark for Birmingham 1923; W.A.A.C., struck in silver (30mm), unknown maker, obverse inscribed 'Jubilee Meeting/4-2-28/A.J.Barlow/1st/220 Hdcp' [illustrated]; Dewar Shield, 1929, struck in bronze (30mm), reverse inscribed 'High Jump/Wellington'; stock medal in silver (30x25mm) with gold shield on obverse, unknown maker, inscribed 'A.J.B.' on shield; handcrafted in silver (22mm) featuring profile of a woman on obverse (swimming?), reverse blank, all with ring top suspensions. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $250
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U.S.S.Co. (Union Steamship Company), hand engraved on the smoothed out obverse of a British, Queen Victoria, shilling, 1891, features the Company's flag and inscribed initials JFS/FS. Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
E.C.A.S.C. (East Coast Amateur Sports Club), handcrafted in silver (35x26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'E.C.A.S.C./Championship/of N.Z/100 Yds/W.Crow/Second/Feb.27/1892'; another, as last, reverse inscribed '1/4 Mile Champ/Second/Mar 2, 1892/Won by/W/Crow/Time.'; The St John Ambulance Association, membership badge, struck in copper (36mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.Crow/No.50774/1898'; N.P.H.S. (New Plymouth High School), uniface, struck in bronze (35mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Boxing/1924/Under 5st.Champ/B.Crow'. Fine - good very fine, the first illustrated. (4)
Estimate $350
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Token of Esteem, 1892, hollow, in gold (probably 9ct, 7.5g, 31x8mm), no maker, ring top suspension, inscribed on obverse 'Presented To/A.M.Sutherland//By His/Numerous Friends/In/Palmerston & Waihemo/As a Token of Their Esteem/on his Leaving the District/June 1892'. Fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $220
Weatherstones, appreciation fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.6g, 28x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'To/J.K.Simpson/From His/Friends in Weatherstones/10th Feb 1892'. Fine.
Estimate $350
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