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Presentation plaque, hand engraved in silver (64x35mm), no maker, two pin fasteners on back, inscribed on front, 'Presented/To/Leslie Hunt/By/Timaru Friends/17-8-04'. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $120
Passed in
Attendance medal, handcrafted in silver (30x30mm), by S.S., ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'H.Oaten/For Attendance/1905'; Vincent Jockey Club, badge in voided gold (9ct, 3.1g, 30x30mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'H.W.Oaten/29.8.57'. Fine; extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $200
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E.H., fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 4.2g, 23x23mm), by (beaver) (A.Beaver, Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'From/Te Awamutu Chums/1905'. Fine.
Estimate $180
SOLD $120
L.P.A.A.S.C. (Lyttelton Pirates' Amateur Athletic and Swimming Club), 1905, fob medal, handcrafted in greenstone with 9ct gold (23mm), ring top suspension, inscribed 'G.Boyd'; (rowing), fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 9.6g, 35x30mm), by C.Mazey (Lyttelton), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'C.Boyd/Lyttelton/1912'; United Fire Brigades Association of N Z, Long Service Medal for five years service, in silver (39mm) by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), with (3) loose 2 Years Service bars, missing suspender and ribbon, reverse inscribed 'Fireman/C.D.Boyd/By/N.Z.Govt./9.8.20' (D&C.L3; O&D.115); C.P.F.B.A. (Canterbury Port Fire Brigade Association), badge in silver (32x28mm), no maker, pin missing from back; C.P.F.B.A, stock fob medal, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, 9.4g, 38x35mm), by Watts (Reuben Watts, Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'C.P.F.B.A./Lyttelton 1919/Presented By/Capt.T.J.Watts/Won By/'; N.Z. Amalgamated Society Railway Servants, fob medal, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, 7.5g, 34x26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented/To/Mr.G.D.Boyd/Addington Branch/1919-21'. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $1,500
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Millers Flat, hand engraved in gold (15ct, 9.7g, 28x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented/To/Charles Topham Esq/By Members Of/Millers Flat Cricket Club/On/The Occasion/Of His/Marriage/1-3-05'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $480
Christchurch, silver and enamel plaque (51mm), c1906, no maker, enamelled centre shield featuring Cathedral Square, pierced either side for attachment. Very fine.
Estimate $200
Passed in
The "Pitt" Spirit Engine, c1907, plaque cast uniface in brass (127x75mm), no maker, holed at both sides for attachment, 'Manufactured For/Booth, MacDonald & Co Ltd/Christchurch, N.Z.'. Very fine.
Estimate $150
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Hand engraved fob medal, in gold (9ct, 4.7g, 24x24mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '7/A Side/Tournament/S.H.Uttley/1907'; Wairarapa High School, badge in gold (9ct, 5.5g, 25x22mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Foundation/President/Dr.G.H.Uttley'; Rotary Club, Masterton N.Z., handcrafted in gold (9ct, 8.5g, 28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Past President/Dr.G.H.Uttley/1926-27'. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Promissory note, in the form of a single cufflink, in gold (18ct, 5.7g, top 25x10mm), by A.Kohn (Auckland), chain and bar back, inscribed on front 'Due 1907/Auckland/Months after date I promise/to pay/?D.W.D./Payable at -----', reverse inscribed 'W.J.R.'. Very fine.
Estimate $400
SOLD $340
Silver presentation plaque, (55x24mm), no maker, suspension removed from reverse, inscribed 'Presented To/Miss Johnston/By The/King St Cong.Choir/on the occasion of her/Marriage/20.11.07'; fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.3g, 32x30mm), uncertain maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'A/Parting/Gift/To/E.J.G.Johnston/from the/Phoenix Companys'/Employees/17.6.1916'. Fine. (2)
Estimate $350
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Badge steel dies, c1908, for Robert Cook, Solicitor, Wellington (38mm); E.W.Sofield, Manager, The Empire Hotel Ltd, Wellington (38x27mm); Wellington College, Wellington N.Z. (35mm). Some rusting, very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
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D.C.T., fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 6.4g, 30x27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'D.Gain/D.C.T./Dunedin/1908'. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $180
Prize medal, hand engraved in silver with central gold overlay on obverse (33x33mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won By/Campbell/& Ehrenfried Co/H.Smith/1907/& 1908'. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
Souvenir silver and enamel teaspoons: New Zealand, 'Victoria Wing' (120x25mm), by W.D., hallmark for Birmingham 1908; another, Dunedin (142x28mm), by L & S, hallmark for Birmingham 1909; another, New Zealand (110x20mm), by C.W., hallmark for Birmingham, 1912. Toned, extremely fine, the first illustrated. (3)
Estimate $100
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Token of Esteem, stock medal in gold (probably 9ct, 4.0g, 22mm), no maker, scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W.Grantham/From/Akld.Staff/P.L.Assurance Co/20-5-08'; another, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 6.7g, 33mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Provident/Life Assurance Co/Managers Medal, 1919/Agent/W.Grantham/Christchurch'; G.P.C.C., hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.6g, 28x28mm), by 'S', reverse inscribed 'G.P.C.C./Presented By/C.Bucket/To/Miss L.Grantham/Indiv./Champ.'; also, handcrafted badge in gold (9ct, 7.0g, 40x30mm), no maker, pin-back, inscribed on obverse 'Physical Culture/Won By/L.Grantham'. Fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $800
SOLD $750
Blackball, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (15ct, 12.0g, 27mm), no maker, scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented To/Jas Neilson/By/The Sports Commte./of/State Colleries/Feb 1909'; also, half hunter pocket watch (53mm), in rolled gold, by Omega, top wind, white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds hand, black Roman numerals and gold hands, back dust cover inscribed 'To/Jas.Neilson/From/Staff/ Blackball Mine/Oct.1930'. Extremely fine; in working order, very fine, the first illustrated. (2)
Estimate $700
SOLD $700
Cosmopolitan Club (Wanganui), Life Member's badge, uniface, struck in silver (23mm), by WN (W.F.Nettleship, Wanganui), scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W.George/1909'. Very fine.
Estimate $80
SOLD $70
Family Group. King's College, Sports Handicap medal, struck in bronze (38mm), by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Consolation Race/Won By/O.S.Ellis/1909' (D&C.cfM16) [illustrated]; King's College, badge in silver (35x27mm), by A.Tuetenberg, Auckland, lug back inscribed 'OSE' (D&C.M18) [illustrated]; Special Constabulary, Mounted - Auckland Nov.1913, struck in copper (30mm), by Y. Co (Young & Co, Auckland), reverse inscribed 'O.S.Ellis' (M.1913/6); NZ Returned Soldiers Association, badge in silver (43x25mm), no maker, missing pin, inscribed '12/2279' (O.11/38) [illustrated]; King's College, Sports Handicap medal, 1910, struck in bronze (38mm), by A.T., ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Three-Legged Race/Won By/S.Ellis' (D&C.cfM16); another, as last but Swimming Sports medal, reverse inscribed '1910/Won by/S.E.E.Ellis/Senior/Neat Header' (D&C.M16). Fine - good very fine. (6)
Estimate $1,500
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Mt Ida Miners Association, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (15ct, 9.4g, 30x26mm), by D.B. (possibly D.Benjamin, Dunedin), ring top and pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Presented to/N.S.Read/By/Mt Ida Miners Assn/12-6-1909'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $460
New Zealand Collie Club, struck in silver (38x35mm), by F&S, hallmark for Birmingham 1906, reverse inscribed 'To/Winner of Grand Star/1909/Won By/Alex Begg's/Campanella'; Caledonian Society of Otago, President's fob medal, struck in voided gold (9ct, 4.7g, 23mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Alex.Begg'/1916-1920'; New Zealand & South Seas Exhibition, 1925-26, in brass, silver and enamel (25x20mm) (M.1925-26/6), reverse inscribed 'Alexander Begg/Music Come.'; Dunedin Orphans Club, in silver (25x27mm), with two 10 Years bars, no maker, ribbon and pin-back bar suspension; Caledonian Games, stock medal hand engraved in silver (28mm), no maker, obverse inscribed 'B Grade/Champs/1949'. All with ring top suspensions other than the fourth medal, fine - very fine, the first three illustrated. (5)
Estimate $750
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Auckland Competitions Society, c1910, uniface, struck in silver (27mm), by Y & Co (Young & Co, Auckland), fancy scroll and ring top suspension. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $200
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The Auckland Hospital Board, c1910, uniface, fob struck in gold (9ct, 5.9g, 23mm) and blue enamel, by Y & Co. (Young & Co), scroll and ring top suspension. Fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $160
Bar brooch, c1910, in gold (9ct, 6.9g, 60x10mm) with garnets set in a floral pattern, by S.R.Whale (Christchurch), pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $200
British Antarctic Expedition, Terra Nova R.V.S., c1910 heart pendant (28x28mm), handcrafted in coloured stone with inscribed gold facia, ring top suspension. Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $1,500
Bruce County Council, c1910 Inspector's badge, in silver (38x38mm), no maker, button back. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $150
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'K.T.C.', bar brooch, c1910, handcrafted in gold (18ct, 7.5g, 43x10mm) set with two emeralds, by S.R.Whale (Christchurch), pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $420
L.G.U. Handicap, c1910, button or badge in bronze (21mm), by A.Kohn Ltd (Auckland), back lug and pin suspension. Extremely fine.
Estimate $60
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NZ Coat of Arms - wishbone brooch, c1910, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 2.2g, 35x18mm), unidentified maker, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
New Zealand - Kia Ora, c1910, handcrafted fob medal in voided gold (9ct, 3.8g, 28mm), by (beaver) (A.Beaver, Dunedin), ring top suspension. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
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New Zealand souvenir pin, c1910, pin with amethyst stone (8x6mm) set in gold mount, with attached map in gold (9ct, 0.7g, 20x20mm), maker SF. Very fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $110