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Group of four, school badges, c1950s, Palmerston North Technical College, brass and enamel (35x30mm) by Mayer & Kean, Wellington; Whangarei High School Prefect, in silver (25x25mm), no maker; Sacred Heart College, Auckland, in silver (37x35mm), by Y. & Co, numbered 1513; St. Pauls College, Auckland in silver (40x33mm), no maker, numbered 945-55, pin-back and lug suspensions. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $100
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Scot's College (Wellington), c1950s, uniface, struck in silver (27mm), no maker, ring top suspension, uninscribed. Very fine.
Estimate $50
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Hadlow School (Masterton), sports medals, uniface struck in bronze (24mm) (6), no maker, ring top suspensions, awarded in 1949 and 1950; (Hadlow School), Prefect badges, in gilt and enamel (32x26mm) (2), by J.R.Gaunt, London, pin-backs; Y.H.A. (Youth Hostels Association) New Zealand, badge in gilt and enamel (33x30mm), no maker, pin-back; National Mutual New Zealand Masters Games, Wanganui, uniface, struck in bronze (47mm), no maker, ring top and neck ribbon suspension. Very fine - extremely fine. (10)
Estimate $250
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Nelson College, sports medals, 1945-1950, struck in bronze (25mm), no maker, awarded for High Jump to R.T.Austin. All with ring top suspensions, extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $150
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Otago Girls High School, Dux, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 9.9g, 50mm), no maker, ring top and ribbon suspension, reverse inscribed 'Dux/(Arts)/1950/Jocelyn Barnett'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $270
SOLD $300
Scots College (Wellington), Dux medal, in gold (9ct, 8.1g, 26mm), by M&K Ld (Mayer & Kean, Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Upper School/B.C.Mackersey/1951'. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $240
S.H.C. (Sacred Heart College), Dux, fob medal, machine tooled in gold (9ct, 4.2g, 28x28mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.Lindsay/S.H.C./1953'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
(Gisborne High School), Dux, 1954, uniface, struck in gold (9ct, 6.9g, 35x33mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented by/Old Students/Association/Ailsa White/Dux/1954'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $220
S.J.H.S. (St John's Hill School) (Wanganui), Dux medal, 1954, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 4.0g, 25x25mm), no maker, ring top, sewn on to a crimson cloth rossette, reverse inscribed 'G.Poppelwell'. Good very fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Wanaka School, Dux, 1954, hand engraved in voided gold (9ct, 4.2g, 38mm), no maker, ring top suspension, 'Michael D.Preston'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Kio Kio School, Whakatangata, Golden Jubilee, 1905-1955, pin in brass (head 25x25mm). Extremely fine.
Estimate $70
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St. Peter's School Cambridge N.Z., Headmaster's Medal For English Speaking, uniface, struck in silver (63mm), by W&H (Walker & Hall), reverse inscribed 'B.F.Babington/1955'; another, reverse inscribed 'B.F.Babington/1956'. Extremely fine, the first illustrated. (2)
Estimate $600
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Gore High School, Dux medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 5.9g, 30x25mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Dux/1957/R.K.Johnson'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Colombia College (Dunedin), Dux, 1958, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 8.4g, 27mm), by G. & T.Y. (G. & T.Young, Dunedin), ring top, chain and bar with pin-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Jonette Service/Dux/1958'; badge, struck in silver (38x22mm), no maker, pin-back; another, as last (35x17mm); Girton, badge in brass and enamel (27x8mm), no maker, pin-back. Very fine. (4)
Estimate $300
SOLD $240
Freyberg High School (Palmerston North), silver shield badge (30x25mm), no maker, pin-back, inscribed on obverse 'Sen./Steeplechase/1957/1958-59/P.Stratford'. Catch broken, very fine.
Estimate $30
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Aranui School, Girls Dux, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 4.0g, 25mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Aranui School/Lillian Mason/1963'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $200
SOLD $120
Rotorua High School Sports Medal, struck in bronze (48mm), by W&H (Walker & Hall), reverse inscribed 'Swimming/50y.Backstroke/Int.Ch.31.2s/A.Gregory/1966'. Rim damage and surface marks, very fine.
Estimate $80
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School badges, c1930s-1970s, a small collection, all different, many in silver. Fine - extremely fine. (41)
Estimate $500
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Roseneath School, c1998, uniface, prize or commemorative medal, struck in copper (32mm), no maker, ring top suspension, unawarded (M&P.-). Uncirculated.
Estimate $50
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Christchurch Regatta, 1891, napkin ring in silver (32mm diameter, 42mm inside), by Coates & Co (Christchurch), inscribed 'Ch Ch Regatta/1891/Junior Fours/F.W.Johnston'. Nearly fine.
Estimate $150
SOLD $90
N.Z.M.E. (New Zealand Marine Engineers), handcrafted in gold (18ct, 6.5g, 27x27mm), no maker, screw-back suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented/By/Friends/To/A.R.Hislop/Associate/ 12/11/98'. Fine.
Estimate $350
SOLD $380
Otago Yacht Club, c1900, badge, pressed in voided silver (34mm), no maker, pin-back. Very fine.
Estimate $150
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Otago Yacht Club, c1900, badge, pressed in voided silver (42mm), no maker, pin missing from back. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $100
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S.S. Elingamite, 1902, contemporary handcrafted brooch in gold (15/22ct, tot wt 14.0g, 32mm), by CMP (C.M.Page, Auckland), pin-back, set with an Australian half sovereign coin of Edward VII and dated 1902 (Sydney Mint); also, salvage coins, Great Britain, Queen Victoria, halfcrown and florin, both dated 1900. The first extremely fine and illustrated, the last two fair. (3)
Estimate $800
SOLD $900
(Terra Nova), pocket barometer, by F.A.Neubert, in brass (50mm), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'K.J.Monteith/1904/From/The "Terra Nova"/Boys'. Very fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $290
"Zingara", an Edward VII Great Britain halfcrown (32mm), ring top added, smoothed out reverse with the following inscribed 'Docking/and/Undocking/1910'. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $150
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N.Z.C.S., S.S.Ruahine, plain silver sovereign case (32mm), by A.L.D., hallmark for Birmingham 1913, three colour enamel descriptive button (17mm) attached to front, ring top suspension. Very fine with no dents.
Estimate $280
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Macandrew Bay (Dunedin), Regatta, 1924, stock fob medal, in silver and gold (30x23mm), English maker and hallmark, reverse inscribed '12 Ft. & Under Sailing Race/E.A.Hooks/-Spray-/2nd'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
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H.M.S.Diomede, 1926, fob medal, uniface, struck in silver (35x22mm), by Y&Co (Young & Co, Auckland), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Divisional/Acquatic/Comp.'. Toned, very fine.
Estimate $250
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Ingill (Invercargill) Regatta, 1926, inscribed fob medal, hand engraved in silver with gold (38x24mm), English maker and hallmark, '1st/Canoe Race'. Good very fine.
Estimate $250
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