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Waikouaiti A & P Society, uniface, stock medal struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Waikouaiti A & P Society/Presented by/A.Cullen/For Best Yearling/by Ray of Hope/Jan.17th 1930'. Discoloured on reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $600
SOLD $360
Wairarapa & East Coast Pastl. & Agricl. Society, struck in silver (33x22mm), by E.Altmann, Melb. (Ernest Altmann, Melbourne), fancy scroll and ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W.Morrison/for/Greatest Number Pts./in/Draught Horses/1882'. Lovely old cabinet toning, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $600
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Wairarapa & E.C. Pastl. & Agricl. Socy., struck in gold (24mm), by S.Kohn (Siegfried Kohn, Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Mr E.W.Dorset/For/Romney Marsh Ram/under 18 months/1886'; M.A.P.A. (Masterton Agricultural & Pastoral Association), inscribed stock fob medal, struck uniface in gold (probably 9ct, 9.5g, 26mm), by F.J.D. (Frederick J.Dunn, Timaru), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Awarded To/E.W.Dorset/Champion/Romney Ram/1901'. Nearly extremely fine; good fine. (2)
Estimate $850
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Wairarapa & E.C. Pastl. & Agricl. Socy., struck in silver (24mm), by S.Kohn (Siegfried Kohn, Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Mr A.Mathews/For/Best Fat Wethers/Under 18 Months Old/1886'. Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $500
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Wairarapa & E.C. Pastl. & Agricl. Socy., fob medal, struck in silver (23mm), by S.Kohn (Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'G.Burnett/Weight Carrying/Hack/"Sandy"/1892'; Wairarapa Pastoral & Agricl. Society, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (15ct, 6.9g, 38mm), by Wittenbach & Co., Melb., ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W.A.Pyke/for/13 Stone Hack/"Rangatira"/1898'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $1,500
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W & E.C. P. & A. Society (Wairarapa & East Coast Pastoral and Agricultural Society), stock medal struck in silver (45mm), by J.Hislop, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W & E.C. P. & A./Society/Awarded To/W.Strang/For/Grade Shorthorn Bull/Nov.2nd & 3rd 1893'. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $360
Wairarapa Pastoral & Agricl. Society, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (15ct, 7.4g, 38mm), no maker (probably Wittenbach, Melbourne), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'J.Rayner/for/Champion/Lincoln Ewe/1895'. Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
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Wairarapa & East Coast P & A Society, a group of gold (9ct, tot wt 45.9g) (5, two illustrated) and silver (4, one illustrated) fob medals, won by Duncan Matheson for English Leicester sheep (ewes and rams), between 1920 and 1931, all (26mm) with ring top suspensions, most by G.T.W. (G.T.White, Wellington) and Bock (Wellington); also, Masterton A. & P.A., Solway, 1920, uniface, struck in silver (26mm), by Nicol (Len S.Nicol, Masterton), pin-back, reverse inscribed 'English Leicester/Championship Ewe/Duncan Matheson' (illustrated). Very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $1,500
SOLD $1,300
Wairarapa & E.C. P & A Society, stock fob medal, hand inscribed in gold (9ct, 6.7g, 30x28mm), unidentified maker, obverse 'Presented/By/T.O.Haycock', reverse 'For Best Stockman/1924/Beef Breeds/H.B.Ward'; W.&.E.C.P.&.A.S., fob medal struck in gold (9ct, 7.5g, 30x25mm), by P.N.D. (P.N.Denton, Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Stockmans/Medal/Beef Breeds/H.B.Ward/1925'. Very fine. (2)
Estimate $800
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Wairarapa Pastoral Association, struck in silver (47mm), by Stokes & Martin - Melbourne, reverse inscribed 'Mr J.Tully/Best/Fat Bullock/1872'. Surface marks, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $750
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Wairarapa Pastoral Association, struck in silver (47mm), by Stokes & Martin - Melbourne, reverse inscribed 'Mr H.McMaster/Best/Fat Heifer/1872'. Surface marks, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $750
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Wairarapa Pastoral Association, struck in silver (47mm), by Stokes & Martin, Melbourne, reverse inscribed 'Mr R.Yule/Best Draught/Brood Mare/1873' (S.477). Toned, good very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $360
Wairarapa Pastoral Association, struck in bronze (47mm), by Stokes & Martin - Melbourne, reverse inscribed 'Mr E.Braggins/Sow Any Breed/1873' (S.477). Edge bruising on obverse, otherwise good very fine.
Estimate $500
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Wairarapa Pastoral Association, struck in silver (47mm), by Stokes & Martin - Melbourne, reverse inscribed 'Mr.D.Barratt/Horticultural Depmt./Spcl.Prize/Winner of Highest Aggte./Value of Prizes/1874'. Toned, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $750
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Wairarapa Pastoral Association, struck in silver (47mm), by Stokes & Martin - Melbourne, reverse inscribed 'C.A.Vallance/3 Merino Rams/1st Prize/1875'; another, struck in bronze (47mm), by Stokes & Martin - Melbourne, reverse inscribed 'C.A.Vallance/3 Merino Rams/2d Prize/1875' (S.477). Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $1,200
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Wairarapa Pastoral Association, struck in silver (47mm), by Stokes & Martin - Melbourne, reverse inscribed 'C.A.Vallance/3 Merino Rams 2 Tooth/1st Prize/1875'; another, struck in bronze (47mm), by Stokes & Martin - Melbourne, reverse inscribed 'C.A.Vallance/3 Merino Rams/2 Tooth/2d Prize/1875' (S.477). Good very fine. (2)
Estimate $1,200
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Wairarapa Pastoral Association, struck in bronze (47mm), by Stokes & Martin - Melbourne, reverse inscribed 'C.A.Vallance/Merino Ram/2d Prize/1875'; another, as last, reverse inscribed 'C.A.Vallance/Merino Ram/2 Tooth/2d Prize/1875'; another, as last, reverse inscribed 'C.A.Vallance/Merino Ewe/2 Tooth/2d Prize/1875' (S.477). Good very fine. (3)
Estimate $1,200
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Waitahuna Farmers Club, stock medal, struck in silver (45mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Waitahuna/Farmers Club/Awarded to J.Cameron/For/Best Leicester Ram/1881'; W.F.C. (Waitahuna Farmers Club), stock medal struck in silver (45mm), signed J.Hislop (Dunedin), reverse inscribed 'W.F.C./1887/Class 6, Shorthorn Bull/3 Years/Jas. Cameron'; also, fob medal, hand engraved in silver and gold (43x28mm), English maker and hallmark, reverse inscribed 'W.Cameron/Awarded/For/B.Leicester/Ram/T.A.S./1903'. Edge bruising and surface marks, otherwise extremely fine; extremely fine; toned, extremely fine, all rare, the second cased. (3)
Estimate $1,600
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Waitaki, fob medal handcrafted in gold (9ct, 5.1g, 35x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Presented by/Waitaki D.C./To/Penninsula A&P Society', reverse inscribed 'For Best/Heifer Calf/In Show/S.Cockburn/1925/529 Anderson Bay Rd/Dn'; also, stock fob medal, in silver (38x21mm), English maker and hallmark, reverse inscribed 'M.B.S./220 Yds/Championship/1927', obverse inscribed 'S.Cockburn/MacAndrew/Bay'. Very fine, the first illustrated. (2)
Estimate $600
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Wanganui Agricultural & Pastoral Association, impressed stock medal, struck in silver (44mm), by Harrop & Neill, Dunedin, reverse impressed '1st Prize/Colonial Bred/Ewe Hoggets/1874/Wanganui' and inscribed 'John Bryce'. Toned, nearly extremely fine and a very rare type.
Estimate $800
SOLD $480
Wanganui Agricultural & Pastoral Association, 1st Prize, struck in silver (44mm), no maker (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland), reverse inscribed 'J.McLennan/Bull/"Duke of Bainesse"/1880' (D&C.cfN1). Toned, nearly extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $850
Wanganui Agricultural Show, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.5g, 34mm), by G.T.W. (G.T.White, Wellington & Christchurch), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Presented By/N.Z./Times Coy.', reverse inscribed 'won by/Mr Green/Wanganui/Agricultural Show/1904'. Very fine.
Estimate $500
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Wanganui Agricultural Assocn., 1908, stock fob medal, in silver (35x28mm), by J.W. & Co., reverse inscribed 'English/Leicester Ram/Slack Bros/Ast. & Champ.'; W.A.A., 1913, stock fob medal, in gold (15ct, 5.9g, 30x28mm), by N. & Son (Nettleship & Son, Wanganui), reverse inscribed 'Minimahaki/State Farm/Champion/South Down/Ram'. Extremely fine, both with ring top suspension. (2)
Estimate $800
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Wanganui Agricultural Association Incorporated, March 1919, struck in silver (47mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'James Knight/Champion/South Down/Ram'; The Clydesdale Horse Society of the Dominion of New Zealand, struck in silver (45mm), by Edward, Glasgow, reverse inscribed 'Feilding/I.A. & P.Association/Feilding Show/Feb 1922/Awarded to/J.Knight, Feilding/For Matatua/Royal Favourite/(137) V.4'. Extremely fine, the second in a fitted case by Edward, Glasgow. (2)
Estimate $1,400
SOLD $850
Whakatane A & P Association, fob medal, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 11.2g, 28x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Whakatane/A & P/Association/Presented By/Messrs Kirk & Carter/for 2 Tooth Freezing Wethers/Winners/B & A.J.Sladden/1919'. Extremely fine and extremely rare.
Estimate $1,000
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Whangarei Agricultural & Pastoral Society Incorporated, 1940, uniface struck in bronze (76x63mm), by Walker & Hall, reverse inscribed 'Master Bakers/L.Ford'. Extremely fine, in fitted case of Walker & Hall, Sheffield.
Estimate $600
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Winton Agricultural & Pastoral Association, Prize Medal, handcrafted in silver (50x40mm), by WT, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Awarded/to/R.Patterson, Jnr/For best/Double Furrows/1879'. Very fine.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $800
Great Britain, British Dairy Farmers' Association Founded 1876, struck in bronze (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Awarded To/Wrights Bush/Co-Operative Dairy Co./For/Colonial Cheddar Cheese/Dairy Show 1929/G.E.Hicks - Manager'; another, in gold (9ct, 55.7g), by G. & S. Co. Ltd, hallmark for London 1930, reverse inscribed 'Awarded To/Wrights Bush/Co-Operative Dairy Co/For/Colonial Cheddar Cheese/Dairy Show 1930'; another as last, in silver, reverse inscribed 'Awarded To/Wrights Bush/Co-Operative Dairy Co./For/Colonial Cheddar Cheese/As Winners of the/Hansen/Challenge Trophy/Dairy Show 1930'. Extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,700
Andersons Bay, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.8g, 32x28mm), by F.J.T. (Frederick Tofield, Dunedin), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented/To/Trooper J.Sanderson/by his friends of/Andersons Bay/for services/In the Transvaal War/1901'. Very fine.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $1,500
(Ashburton) Green Street, stock medal struck in gold (9ct, 6.9g, 26mm), by W.J.D., hallmark for Birmingham 1899, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Trooper/F.Knox/From/Green Street/Friends', reverse inscribed '1900/A/Momento [sic]/of the/South African War'. Nearly fine.
Estimate $1,200
SOLD $900