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C.P.B.B.A. (Canterbury Provincial Brass Bands Association), Hon Life Member's badge, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 6.4g, 31mm), by M&Y CH (Moller & Young, Christchurch), pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Wm Deer/1968'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $190
Brass bands, a group of silver and silvered (mostly silver) fob medals, most with ribbons and bars, won between 1956 and 1969, includes Kaikorai Roslyn Mills Band (8, three illustrated), championships noted, Invercargill 1956 [illustrated], 1963 and 1967, Alexandra 1962, Balclutha 1964, Christchurch 1964, Auckland 1965, also includes N.Z.B.B.A. (NZ Brass Bands Association) 25 Years service medal with loose bars for 35 Years, 45 Years, 50 Years and 55 Years, none are named. Very fine - extremely fine. (21)
Estimate $350
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New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Shell Youth Orchestra Scholarship, c1970s, medal struck in bronze (51mm), no maker (Mayer & Toye), unawarded. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
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N.Z.B.B.A. (New Zealand Brass Bands Association), 1945-1981, a group of medals and badges, in silver and base metal, awarded to R.Simpson, the group includes N.I.B.B.A., W.B.B.A., R.B.B., Port Nicholson Silver Band and an Hon. Member's badge for the Lower Hutt Municipal Band, makers noted, F.Waters and Mayer & Kean. Pin-back suspensions, fine - very fine. (8)
Estimate $250
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N.Z. Maternity, nurses badge, struck uniface in silver (38x26mm), by S.D. & Co (Stewart Dawson), ring top with bar and pin-back, reverse inscribed '86/H.Pierce/Wellington/1910'; McHardy Maternity Home, Napier, badge in voided silver (38x28mm), no maker, pin-back. Both toned, extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
N.Z. Maternity, nurses badge, uniface, struck in silver (38x26mm), by S.D. & Co. (Stewart Dawson & Co), reverse inscribed '115/A.N.Nickless/Dunedin/1912'. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
N.Z. Maternity, nurses badge, uniface, struck in silver (38x26mm), by S.D. & Co. (Stewart Dawson & Co), ring top and silver bar with pin-back, reverse inscribed '203/E.J.Patterson/Christchurch/1915'. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Townley - St Helens Maternity Home, Founded 14th April 1910, nurse's medal, struck in silver (28mm), by W.Good (Gisborne), ring top with bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '785A/M.E.V.Parkes/7.6.16'. Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
N.Z. Maternity, nurses badge, uniface, struck in silver (35x27mm), no maker, ring top and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '289/Ellen F.McKay/Auckland/8-9-19'. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $250
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Badges, all attributed to Effie Williams, 1909 - c1920s, includes Australasian Trained Nurses Assocn, 1909; NZRN (Royal Nth Shore Hosp. Sydney 1911); R.N.S. Hospital Trained Nurses; NZANS (NZ Army nursing service); WWI, Wound Badge (NZ10082) and St Mary's Convent. Fine - very fine. (6)
Estimate $500
SOLD $300
Waikato District Hospital, c1920, Honours medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 8.4gm, 27x27mm), no maker, bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Nurse Gwendolyn G.Nicholl'. Very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $240
N.Z.M.N. (NZ Mental Nursing), New Zealand Government, medal 'For Proficiency in Mental Nursing', struck in bronze and enamel (40x40mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, ring top and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '972/E.M.Rowe/1932' [illustrated]; also, three other silver fob medals to E.Rowe from 1925, 1926 and 1941. Fine - very fine. (4)
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
N.Z.R.N. (New Zealand Registered Nurse), medal in brass and enamel (35mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'R.A.Farquhar/6183/1928'; another, badge in silver and enamel (35x25mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed '1710/R.A.Farquhar/1932'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
N.Z.R.N. (New Zealand Registered Nurse), medal in brass and enamel (35mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '7630/M.Wells/1933'; O.N.Z., M.S.M.H., badge in silver and enamel (30mm), no maker, ring top and bar with pin-back, reverse inscribed '1534/Maisie Wells/1953'. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $200
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Nursing and sporting, badges and medallions awarded to Miss E. (Bessie) Everett, between 1914 and 1938, gold, silver and base metal, noted a red cross patch from Napier Hospital and a miniature hand mirror with picture (presumably of Bessie). Fine - extremely fine. (13)
Estimate $250
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Karitane Nurses, Truby King Mothercraft, badge in silver (28mm) and blue enamel, no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed '251/K.Lord/1940'; NZRN (New Zealand Registered Nurse), badge in gilt bronze and enamel (35mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, ring top, bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '12670 K.S.Lord/1944'; N.Z. Registered Maternity Nurse, badge in gilt and enamel (28mm), by Mayer & Kean (Wellington), pin-back, reverse impressed '1947/K.S.Lord/6103'; The General Nursing Council for England & Wales, badge in chrome and blue enamel (28mm), by Thomas Fattorini Limited, Birmingham, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'K.S.Lord/S.R.N./203677/10-7-53'; also, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.6g, 30mm), by A.B. (possibly Alfred Butcher, Christchurch), ring top broken off, reverse inscribed 'From/the Staff/White Cliffs Branch/to/C.H.Lord/19-5-1911'. Very fine - extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $450
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State Dental Nurse, New Zealand, uniface, struck in copper gilt and blue enamel (45x30mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, ring top and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'S.M.Miller/1940'. Fine.
Estimate $100
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State Dental Nurse, New Zealand, uniface, struck in copper gilt and blue enamel (40x30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'J.K.Douglas'. Fine.
Estimate $100
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N.Z. Registered Maternity Nurse, badge in brass and enamel (28mm), by Mayer & Kean (Wellington), pin-back, reverse inscribed '4086/E.Arther [sic]/1942'; Royal N.Z. Society for the Health of Women & Children, 'Truby King' medal in silver and enamel (29mm), no maker, with ring top and pin-back bar suspension, reverse inscribed 'No.462/E.Arthur/1945'; K.H.A. (Karitane Home Association), 'Save the Babies' badge in silver and blue enamel (25mm), by Young & Co, Auckland, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'E.Arthur/104/32'; also, Belmont School (Auckland), running medal, uniface, struck in silver (24mm), no maker, fancy scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '100 Yds/Champ./11 Yrs./N.Arthur/1927'; another, prefect badge struck in silver (27mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'Nancy Arthur/1928'. Generally very fine. (5)
Estimate $350
SOLD $220
Group of Seven: Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E. Civil, 2nd type)(lady); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star with 8th Army clasp; Italy Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; British War Medal 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45. All medals un-named. Very fine.
Estimate $2,000
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New Zealand Registered Male Nurse, struck in brass and enamel (32x32mm), no maker, ring top with bar and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Q.A.G.Robb/27-6-47'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Florence Nightingale Medal, handcrafted in gold (22ct, 9.1g, 22mm), no maker, ring top and pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Z.E.Taylor/March 1949'. Very fine.
Estimate $700
SOLD $700
Auckland Hospital Board, Male Staff Sick Benefit Club, Est 1937, uniface, struck in silver gilt (37mm), by Young & Co (Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.J.Carpenter/1951.53'. Good very fine.
Estimate $250
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New Zealand State Dental Nurse, badge in brass and blue enamel (42x32mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, bar at top with pin-back, reverse inscribed 'P.M.Godfrey/1953'. Very fine.
Estimate $120
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Badges, including NZRN (New Zealand Registered Nurse), 1955, N.Z. Registered Midwife, N.Z. Registered Maternity Nurse, these three in gilt and enamel; Balclutha School of Nursing (silver) and Wairau Hospital Centennial, 1979 in tin and celluloid. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
N.Z.R.N. (New Zealand Registered Nurse), medal in brass and enamel (35mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed '21404/A.R.Jones/1955'; N.Z. Registered Maternity Nurse badge, struck in brass and enamel (28mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed '15-2-57/A.R.Jones/11541'; N.Z. Registered Midwife badge, struck in brass and enamel (28mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse inscribed 15-8-58/A.R.Jones/6122'; Dunedin School of Nursing, badge struck in brass and enamel (39x16mm), by Mayer & Kean, Wellington, pin-back, reverse inscribed 'A.R.Jones'; New Zealand Nurses Association, pin in gilt enamel (22mm), missing pin from back. Fine - very fine. (5)
Estimate $150
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Waikato Dist. Hospital, Honours Medal, June 1957, struck in gold (9ct, 13.9g, 27mm), by M&K (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), ring top and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.E.Warner'. Good very fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $400
Salvation Army (Petone Branch), wooden gavel (180x75x40mm) (1899), handle with inscribed silver ribbon around, inscribed 'Salvation Army Block Laying Petone March 15th R.E.Kirk Esq. Mayor'. Fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Waihi Hospital, presentation trowel, 1902, electroplated with horn handle (blade 130x60mm), inscribed 'Waihi/Hospital/Coronation/Day.1902/Edward VII/Rev.M.Brodie'. Fine.
Estimate $300
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Methodist Sunday School (Timaru), presentation trowel, in sterling silver with faux ivory handle (300x90mm), by H&T (Hilliard & Thomason, Birmingham), blade hallmarked for Birmingham 1902, inscribed 'Presented by the Trustees/To/John Jackson Esq. J.P./On The Occasion Of His/Laying The Foundation Stone/Of The/Jackson Memorial Methodist/Sunday School/Timaru/14th March 1907'. Surface marks, very fine.
Estimate $700
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