Catalogue
Horowhenua A & P. Association, stock medal in silver (36mm), by S.D. & Co. (Stewart Dawson & Co.), ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Horowhenua A & P. Association/1914/Champion/Romney Marsh/Ram', reverse blank. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
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Horowhenua A & P. Association, stock medal in silver (31mm), no maker, ring top suspension, obverse inscribed 'Horowhenua A & P. Association/Champion/Romney/Ewe/1917', reverse blank. Toned, extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
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Horo (Horowhenua) A & P Assn., 1947, uniface, struck in silver (35mm), no maker, ring top suspension, unawarded. Very fine and rare.
Estimate $220
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Hutt District Agricultural Horticultural and Pastoral Society, struck in bronze (58mm), by H.Wilkinson & Co Ltd (Sheffield), reverse inscribed 'A.Braithwaite/Crossbred Ewe/2nd Prize/1877'. Extremely fine or better and rare, in a contemporary fitted case.
Estimate $1,000
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Hutt District Agricultural Horticultural and Pastoral Society, struck in bronze (58mm), by H.Wilkinson & Co Ltd (Sheffield), reverse inscribed 'P.Brucel/Bull/2nd Prize/1877'; also, Aktiebolaget/Separator/Stockholm/1883-1908, struck in silver (50mm), by Erik Lindberg. Carbon in the devices, very fine; very fine, the first rare. (2)
Estimate $500
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Hutt District Agricultural Horticultural and Pastoral Society, struck in silver (58mm), by H.Wilkinson & Co. Limd. (Sheffield), reverse inscribed 'C.W.Brown/1st Prize/Mare "Jesse"/1879'. Virtually uncirculated and rare, in a fitted case of issue.
Estimate $900
SOLD $550
Hutt District Agricultural Horticultural and Pastoral Society, struck in silver (58mm), by H.Wilkinson & Co. Limd., reverse inscribed 'H.Campbell/1st Prize/Sheep Dog/1879'. Light scratches, otherwise nearly extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $800
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Hutt District Agricultural Horticultural and Pastoral Society, struck in silver (58mm), by H.Wilkinson & Co. Limd. (Sheffield), reverse inscribed 'T.C.Mace/1st Prize/Bull/Prince Charlie the 2nd/1879'. Brushed, good extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $800
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Hutt District Agricultural Horticultural and Pastoral Society, struck in bronze (58mm), by H.Wilkinson & Co. Limd., reverse inscribed 'H.Campbell/2nd Prize/1 Ram 4 Tooth/Romney Marsh Sheep/1879'. Stains in obverse field, otherwise good very fine and rare.
Estimate $550
SOLD $340
Hutt District Agricultural Horticultural and Pastoral Society, struck in bronze (58mm), by H.Wilkinson & Co Ltd (Sheffield), reverse inscribed 'J.Hall/1st Prize/Collection Native Flowers/1879'. Corroded (having been in a fire or the ground), good but rare.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Lincoln Ploughing Match Association, struck in gold (15ct, 9.7g, 29mm), uncertain maker (AF Ld - possibly Alex Fergusson, Invercargill), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Leonard Cross/1920'. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $480
Lincoln Ploughing Match Association, struck in gold (15ct, 11.2g, 29mm), uncertain maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'A.Brown/1922'. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $550
Lincoln Ploughing Match Association, struck in gold (15ct, 10.8g, 29mm), uncertain maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Class D/R.L.Corbett/1925'. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $500
SOLD $500
Ploughing, prize fob medals, 1911-1914, Malvern, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 8.2g, 34x27mm), English maker and hallmark, reverse inscribed 'Presented as/Special Prize/To/E.W.R.Leslie/The Winner of the/D.F. No Cut/Malvern Ploughing/Match/Aug.1911'; N.C.P.M. (North Canterbury Ploughing Match), 1912, Class A, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 5.3g, 30x18mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Won/by/E.Leslie'; Malvern, handcrafted in gold (9ct, 14.6g, 35x35mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Malvern/Ploughing Match/E.W.R.Leslie/Winner Class C/1913'; Hororata Ploughing Match, 1914, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 3.8g, 32x26mm), by G.C. & Co. (Giles Coates, Christchurch), reverse inscribed 'Winner of/Challenge Cup/E.W.R.Leslie'; another, as last, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 9.6g, 40x34mm), reverse inscribed 'Champion/Ploughman/Class B/E.W.R.Leslie'. All with ring top suspensions, very fine - good very fine. (5)
Estimate $1,800
SOLD $1,200
Souvenir of Manawatu A & P Association, c1890s, fob medal, struck in silver (24mm), by Bock/Wishart & Co (Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed with initials 'C.C.'. Surface marks, dirt within the devices, otherwise very fine.
Estimate $200
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Souvenir of Manawatu A & P Association, c1890s, fob medal, struck in silver (24mm), by Bock/Wishart & Co (Wellington), ring top missing, reverse inscribed with initials 'D.L.'. Very good, having been worn on a fob chain.
Estimate $80
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Souvenir of Manawatu A & P Association, struck in silver (24mm), by Bock/Wishart & Co, unnamed; also, a member's tin badge (32mm) for the 1935 Golden Jubilee of the Association. Fine, the first illustrated. (2)
Estimate $50
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Manawatu & West Coast Agrical. & Pastal. Asson., c1897, struck in silver (38mm), by F.Hyams, Dunedin, reverse inscribed 'Rayner & Sons/Champion Lincoln/Ewe'. Good extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $800
SOLD $480
Manawatu & West Coast A & P Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'J.T.Moore/Champ./Draught Mare/1901'; another, reverse inscribed 'Frank Moore/Champ.Th./Mare/Nov.1905'; another, reverse inscribed 'G.F.Moore/Hereford/Bull/1907'; another, reverse inscribed 'G.F.Moore/Hereford Bull/1908'. The first with edge bruise on obverse, otherwise very fine - extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $2,000
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Manawatu & West Coast A & P Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'T.W.Kirk F.L.S./For/Collection/of/Grasses/1901'. Surface marks, toned, good very fine.
Estimate $500
SOLD $360
Manawatu & West Coast A. & P. Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'E.Short/Champ Hereford/Bull/1904'; fob medal, hand engraved in gold (15ct, 13.0g, 40x27mm), by O'C & T (O'Connor & Tydeman, Palmerston North), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Presented To/Mr Ernest Short/By His/Fellow Councillors/As A/Mark of Esteem/Kimbolton/19.3.10'; (Hawkes Bay Show), fob medal, hand engraved, in gold (9ct, 9.6g, 29x29mm), by F.G. (Frank Grady, Wellington), ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Champion/Hereford Cow/Won By/Mr.E.Short's Lady Graceful 50th'/At/Hawkes Bay/1917'. Very fine - extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $2,000
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Manawatu & West Coast A & P Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Perry Bros/Champion/Lincoln Ram/1905'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $600
SOLD $360
Manawatu & West Coast A. & P. Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'J.Knight/Southdown/Ram/1907'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $600
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Manawatu & West Coast A & P Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'G.F.Moore/Hereford Cow/1909'; another as last, reverse inscribed 'G.F.Moore/Hereford Bull/1909'. Nearly extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $1,200
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Manawatu & West Coast A & P Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Ernest Short/For/Champion/Hereford/Cow/1914'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $600
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Manawatu & West Coast A. & P. Association, struck in silver (51mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Wm. Taylor/Champion/Shorthorn Bull/1914'. Toned, uncirculated, in a fitted case of issue.
Estimate $600
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M. & W.C. A. & P.A. (Manawatu & West Coast Agricultural & Pastoral Association), N.D.S. (National Daffodil Society), 1918, inscribed uniface medal, struck in silver (45mm), by WR&HL (Walker & Hall), English hallmark, reverse inscribed 'Wright Stevenson & Co Ltd/2nd Prize/Seeds Display'. Some edge bruising, toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $300
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M. & W.C. A & P.A. (Manawatu & West Coast Agricultural & Pastoral Association), fob medal, struck uniface in gold (29x26mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'S.S.1934/Ch.Tam.Sow/Cheltenham/D.Co.'. Extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $400
SOLD $240
Maori agricultural medal, founded by Charles, Lord Bledisloe, Tihema 1932, struck in oxidised bronze (63mm), by Mayer & Kean, designed by F.C.Mitchell, Wellington, unawarded (S.486). Uncirculated and a striking example of Mayer's work from the mid 20th century.
Estimate $1,000
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Marlborough Agricultural & Pastoral Association, struck in silver (49mm), by E.Altmann (Melbourne), reverse inscribed 'Awarded to/Walter Litchfield/for best/Ayrshire Bull/Any Age/Nov.1886'. Extremely fine and very rare.
Estimate $1,100
SOLD $700