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New Zealand Cyclists' Alliance, handcrafted in two toned gold (probably 9ct, 15.0g, 40mm), no maker, scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Annual Interprovincial Races/Dunedin/16th Feby.1889' and '5 Miles/Amateur Championship Of New Zealand/1st Prize/Won By/W.H.Langdown/Time 18.23 4/5'. Extremely fine, in a contemporary fitted case, an extraordinary example of early Colonial craftmanship.
Estimate $5,000
SOLD $3,000
New Zealand Cyclists Alliance, 1896, uniface, struck in gold (18ct, 14.7g, 35x35mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '25 Mile/N.Z/Championship/Won By/G.Peterson/4-1-96'; also, N.Z.A.S.A. (N.Z. Amateur Swimming Association), handcrafted in silver and gold (29mm), by Sandstein (Sandstein & Son, Christchurch), reverse inscribed 'Hawkes Bay Centre/School Boy Champ/Peterson/Port Ahuriri/2nd/1915'; and another hand engraved in silver (35x32mm), English maker and hallmark, reverse inscribed 'R.Peterson/100 Yds.Champ./1918.' All with ring top suspensions, very fine, the first illustrated. (3)
Estimate $950
SOLD $850
CCC (Christchurch Cycling Club), handcrafted in gold (9ct, 10.8g, 27x30mm), by J&S (Jones & Sons, Christchurch), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Hill/Climbing/Championship/J.Arnst/1st/1903'; another, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 16.1g, 40x40mm), by J&S, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Hill Climbing/Championship/Won By/J.Arnst./1904'. Cleaned, very fine. (2)
Estimate $950
SOLD $800
Family group, fob medal, hand engraved in silver (40x28mm), English maker and hallmark, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.Danielson/2nd &/Fastest time/Argyle/Road Race/1906'; fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.3g, 40x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Russell/Road/Race/2nd Prize/2.12.09'; fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 7.7g, 30x30mm), by O'C & T (O'Connor & Tydeman, Palmerston North), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Rongotea Wheel Race/Won by/A.Danielson/1910'; W.A.C. (Wanganui Axemen's Carnival), fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 10.6g, 43x32mm), English maker and hallmark, ring top suspension, 'Points Prize/30.12.12', reverse inscribed 'Cycle Races/won by/A.Danielson' [illustrated]; fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.5g, 25x25mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented/by/P.N.C. & M.Cy.(Palmerston North Cycle & Motor Company)/won by/A.Danielson'; Hope Gibbons Competition, 1939, inscribed medal struck in brass (40mm), by Huguenin (Switzerland), 'I.Danielson' [illustrated]; another but 1940. Fine - extremely fine. (7)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $900
G.C.C. (Gore Cycle Club), Road Race, 16 Miles, fob medal, handcrafted in voided gold (15ct, 11.8g, 28mm), by G.W.Taylor (Gore), scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Won By/Ernest Cockerill/Wyndham./1st Prize/8.2.11.'. Very fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $580
Zealandia Series R.R. (Road Race), fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 12.6g, 35x35mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1st/No.5/Zealandia Series R.R./T.Rainey/14-3-12'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $370
(Timaru), fob medal, struck in voided gold (9ct, 19.6g, 30mm), by W.J.D., hallmark for Birmingham, 1906, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'FS', reverse inscribed 'N.Z./1 & 2 Mile/Motor Paced Records/F.Shalders/from/Adams Ltd/20-1-14'. Very fine.
Estimate $750
SOLD $580
CAC (Clandeboye Athletic Club), 1925, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 6.0g, 33x25mm), no maker, reverse inscribed '15 Mile/Road Race/Fastest Time/W.R.Hamlyn'; T.B.C. (Timaru Bicycle Club), handcrafted in gold (9ct, 6.3g, 35x35mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Hcp 5 1/2 Min/36 Mile/S.C.Championship/W.R.Hamlyn/First/21-3-25'; also, A.C., hand engraved in gold (9ct, 4.3g, 25x24mm), by L.K. (Louis Kerr, Nelson), reverse inscribed '75 Mile NZ Champ/Fastest Nelson Rider/1951'. All with ring top suspensions, very fine. (3)
Estimate $700
SOLD $500
Paparua Cycling Sports, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.3g, 33x25mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.E.Gobbe/1st Place/ 3/4 Mile /Members Handicap/10.1.25'; another fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 12.4g, 38x35mm), by RFM, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.E.Gobbe/1st/20 Mile Derby/Road Race/21.6.24'. Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $650
SOLD $520
NZACU (New Zealand Athletics & Cycling Union), 1930, T.C.R.R. (Taranaki Cycle Road Race), handcrafted in gold (15ct, 12.3g, 35mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'T.C.R.R./1930/1st place/R.D.Sole/4h. 54m. 24s.'; also, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 2.8g, 35x25mm), by F.S. & S., ring top suspension, obverse with inscribed initials 'R.S' (R.Sole), reverse inscribed '1st/Round/Inglewood/1930'. Extremely fine, the second with twist near ring at top. (2)
Estimate $1,000
SOLD $680
A.A. & C.C (Auckland Athletic & Cycling Club), c1940s (1877 founding date), uniface, struck in bronze (28x25mm), no maker, possibly a trial [illustrated]; Auckland Amateur Cycling Centre, uniface, struck in bronze (33x24mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '1941/Champ/Jun Team/Manukau/B.Rattray'; another, Life Member badge, struck in silver, gold and blue enamel (30x25mm), no maker, pin-back; M.A.C.C. (Manakau Amateur Cycling Club), uniface, struck in silver (28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'M.A.C.C./Schoolboys Race/2 1/2 Miles/B.Rattray/14.5.1938'; another, as last, reverse inscribed 'B.H.Rattray/2nd Fastest/Harbour Champ/1944'; another, uniface, struck in silver (33x26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'B.H.Rattray/2nd/500 Metre/Sprint Champ/1947' [illustrated]; another, badge, struck in brass and enamel (26x23mm), by Young & Co, Auckland, button-back (2); another, as last but Life Member badge, struck in gold (9ct, 9.5g), pin-back, reverse inscribed '1954/E.B.Rattray' [illustrated]; K.K.C., stock badge in silver (25mm), no maker, inscribed 'Life Member/1961/B.Rattray'; Eric Langbridge Memorial, inscribed on a stock badge in silver (25mm), no maker, pin-back, 'For/Fastest/Time/Amateur/Cycling/1948'; 'P', a badge in bronze and blue enamel (25x20mm), no maker, pin-back; also, British Empire Games, 1950, struck in bronze (51mm), by M&K Ltd NZ (Mayer & Kean, Wellington - with their fitted box), reverse inscribed 'E.B.Rattray' (M&P.1950/7) [illustrated]; also, British War Medal 1914-18. 77452 Pte.E.B.Rattray. N.Z.E.F. Impressed. Very fine - extremely fine. (14)
Estimate $800
SOLD $480
Dancing medals, c1940s, most in sterling silver a few silvered, many with hand-made small yellow ribbons, includes Whangarei Scottish Society (8), Whangarei Jubilee (1946) (6), Maungatapere (10), most inscribed to K.Frew or 'K.F.'. Very fine - extremely fine. (116, approx .8kg)
Estimate $700
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Waitaki Collie Dog Club, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (probably 9ct, 8.8g, 31x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented/To/Mr Jas.Barclay./Hony.Secy./By The/Members of the Waitaki Collie/Dog Club/April. 24th 1891.'; W.C.D.C., Silver Jubilee, 1910, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 10.1g, 33x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented/by/J.Menzies Esq./for/Oldest Continuous Member./won by/Jas.Barclay./24 Years'. Very fine; extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $750
SOLD $550
New Zealand Auckland Kennel Club, struck in silver (48mm) by A.Teutenberg, Auckland, N.Z., unawarded (D&C.N10). Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $750
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New Zealand Auckland Kennel Club, trial strike in copper (49mm) by A.Teutenberg, Auckland, N.Z., unawarded (D&C.N10). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $750
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N.Z. Auckland Kennel Club, struck in silver (48mm), by A.Teutenberg, Auckland N.Z., reverse inscribed 'Mr C.Edwards/'Merry Maid'/Challenge 1912' (D&C.N10). Light toning, good extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $720
Omarama Collie Dog Club, handcrafted fob medal in gold (15ct, 7.2g, 30x30mm), no maker, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Presented/by/Cas.Whyle Esq', reverse inscribed 'Best Mustering Team/Won By J.McAughtrie/1918'; also, Waihemo Dog Trials Club, sterling silver trophy cup, hand engraved (341g, 230x180x95mm), by W.C.K., hallmark for Birmingham 1905, inscribed 'Won By/J.McAughtries's/Sweep' and 'Presented by/W.G.H.Ainge/for/Maiden Hunt-away/1919'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $750
SOLD $460
N.Z. Auckland Kennel Club, struck in silver (48mm), by A.Teutenberg, Auckland N.Z., reverse inscribed 'Miss P.Howard Dawson/Veterinary Surgeon/As a mark of Appreciation/for expert service/rendered to the Club/1920/1927' (D&C.N10). Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,200
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NZKC (New Zealand Kennel Club), fob medal, uniface, struck in gold (15ct, 13.4g, 31mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W.H.Prickett's/R.C.Collie/Ch.Laund Aristocrat/1930'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $800
SOLD $650
United Fire Brigades Association, medal "For Valour", c1880, handcrafted in silver (42x42mm), by F.W.C. (Frederick W.Collins, Napier), unawarded; 25 Years Service Star, in gold (18ct, tot wt 15.9g, 40mm), by F.W.C. (O&D.115), reverse inscribed 'Presented to/-'. Extremely fine and excessively rare, the first toned. (2)
Estimate $3,000
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Nelson Volunteer Fire Brigade, hand engraved presentation shield in silver (67x50mm), no maker, lug and screw back suspension, inscribed 'Presented To/William Lightfoot/by the Members of the/Nelson Volunteer/Fire Brigade/As a mark of their Appreciation/For services rendered to them/As Captain & Otherwise/During the last/Fourteen Years/1880'. Fine.
Estimate $600
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United Fire Brigades Association of N Z, Long Service Medal for five years service, uniface, in silver (39mm), no maker (Teutenberg design), reverse inscribed 'Presented/to/Chas.Gardner/Member of/Wellington Fire Brigade/For 5 Years Service/Dating From/1875' (cfD&C.L3; O&D.115). Toned, extremely fine and a very rare first type.
Estimate $750
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Mornington Volunteer Fire Brigade (Dunedin), Estd. 1877, hand engraved/struck in silver (44mm), no maker (possibly Hislop), 'Dunedin N.Z.' in exergue on reverse, scroll, ring top and bar with pin-back suspension, obverse hand engraved on a smoothed out obverse of an unknown struck medal, struck reverse, inscribed 'Presented/To/Henry Stokes/For/5 Years Service/In/M.V.F.B./Octr.1877/To/Octr.1882'. Very fine.
Estimate $1,200
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United Fire Brigades Association of N Z, Long Service Medal for five years service, in silver (39mm) by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), with (2) 2 Years Service bars, reverse inscribed 'Lieutenant D.McMillan,/By The/Roslyn/V.Fire Brigade/Sep.1886' (D&C.L3; O&D.115). Toned, good extremely fine, in a contemporary case.
Estimate $600
SOLD $360
S.V.F.B. (Shortland Volunteer Fire Brigade), presentation medal, handcrafted in silver (55x32mm), by F.S.Wylie, ring top, ribbon and bar with pin-back suspension, hand engraved fire cart on obverse, reverse inscribed 'Presented To/Captain/Alexr. McLachlan/By The/Shortland V.F.Brigade/For Services Rendered/At Fire/15th March 1887'. Toned, extremely fine and a very rare early fire brigade award, in a contemporary case.
Estimate $3,500
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United Fire Brigades Association of N Z, Long Service Medal for five years service, in silver (39mm) by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), with (2) 2 Years Service bars, reverse inscribed 'Presented/By/J.B.Milson Esqr./Mayor of Lyttelton/To/Fireman/H.Graham/Lyttelton F.Brigade/For/Five Years Service/Dating From Jul.14/1882' (D&C.L3; O&D.115). Toned, nearly extremely fine.
Estimate $800
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United Fire Brigades Association of N Z, Long Service Medal for five years service, in silver (39mm) by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), with (11) 2 Years Service bars (one in gold), reverse inscribed 'Fireman/James Champion/By The/Mt. Eden/V.Fire Brigade/June7. 1889' (D&C.L3; O&D.115). Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $320
(Christchurch Volunteer Fire Brigade), c1890s, fob medal, hand engraved in silver (40x35mm), no maker, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Manual Engine/5 Men/1st Prize', reverse inscribed 'Won By/Fireman W.Condon'. Very fine.
Estimate $500
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Fire Brigade, uniface trial strike, in copper (28mm), by A.T. (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland) (D&C.X7). Good very fine, very rare.
Estimate $750
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Fire brigade, maker's medal centrepieces, uniface, struck in silver (15mm (6), 13mm, 15x8mm), by (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland). Extremely fine. (8)
Estimate $950
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