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R.S.A. (Returned and Services' Association) Hospital Visitor, c1920, badge in brass and enamel (31mm), no maker, pin-back, reverse numbered '10'. Very fine.
Estimate $120
SOLD $80
HMS Chatham, fob medal, uniface, struck in silver and gold, no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'H.M.S.Chatham/Athletics/H.Moyes/29.4.22'. Good fine.
Estimate $150
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Wellington West Coast Regt, uniface, struck in silver (29mm), English maker and hallmark, ring top, ribbon and bar with pin-back, reverse inscribed '50 Yds/Swimming/W.C.Ryland/B.Coy./1927-28'. Very fine.
Estimate $60
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R.N.V.R. (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve), 1930, uniface struck in silver (37x32mm), by Young & Co., Auckland, ring top suspension, unawarded. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
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Everymans Hut, Waiouru, c1940, badge in voided brass and enamel (35mm), no maker, lug-back. Very fine.
Estimate $70
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Maadi (Egypt), WWII, 1940, Pitch & Putt, struck in bronze (30mm), by T.Bichay (Cairo), ring top suspension, '3rd' impressed on obverse. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
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Group of Seven: 1939-45 Star; Africa Star - clasp 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence Medal 1939-45; War Medal 1939-45 - MID; New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45; New Zealand Efficiency Medal (EIIR) (O&D.98). All unnamed, the last with '25612' engraved on reverse. On a bar as worn, very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $260
Group of Five: Pacific Star; 1939-45 Star; War Medal 1939-45; Defence Medal 1939-35; New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45, all unnamed as issued, together with identity discs (2) for 74068 J.N.Knight; also, Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand, prize medal, uniface, struck in bronze (59mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'Awarded To/John Knight/For/General Excellence/1934' [illustrated]; and, commemorative medallion, aluminium (32mm), Christchurch Exhibition, 1906-07 (M.1906-07/5) 'H.S.Knight, Madras St'. Very fine - extremely fine. (9)
Estimate $750
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Group of Four: Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Defence Medal 1939-45; New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45. All unnamed. Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
SOLD $180
United Fire Brigades Association of N Z, Long Service Medal for five years service, c1940s, in silver (39mm), no maker (Anton Teutenberg, Auckland design), reverse inscribed 'Kevin Robinson/NZDF' (cfD&C.L3; O&D.115). Extremely fine.
Estimate $300
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WWI/WWII, identity tags, 43940, V H B, NZ, on reverse of British pennies (2); 29116, G.Willan, NZRB, on obverse of Australia 1914 penny; 41669, Pte W.Turnbull, NZEF, on leather discs (2); 26/494 G.L.O.Martin, on leather disc; 72781, B.E.Wilson, on leather disc; 50105, F.W.Randall, on leather discs (2); 12158, D.R.Sarsfield, on smoothed out obverse of a NZ 1940 Centennial halfcrown. Very good - fine. (10)
Estimate $200
SOLD $220
WWII identity tag, on the smoothed out obverse of a New Zealand Centennial halfcrown coin, 1940, holed at top for suspension, impressed 'Seaman/T.P.Fogarty/7159/RC'. Fine.
Estimate $60
SOLD $130
WWII identity tag, fashioned on a gilt New Zealand, 1941 halfpenny, obverse smoothed out and a 'NZ Onward' coat of arms applied in the centre, underneath '44448' inscribed, reverse as normal coin, pierced at top with ring suspension. Very fine.
Estimate $80
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WWII, Tiki pendant (ID tag), uniface, struck in silver (35x17mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '81131/A.K.Morris/B.G.O.'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
WWII, Tiki pendant (ID tag), uniface, struck in silver (30x17mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'W.Hunt/481450'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
WWII, Tiki pendant (ID tag), uniface, struck in silver (30x17mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Pvt.E.A.Deed/N.Z.E.F. 1940'. Toned, extremely fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
WWII, Tiki pendant (ID tag), uniface, struck in silver (30x17mm), no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'NZ 9445/G.K.Campbell/Blood/ A/2 /C of E'. Toned, very fine, with nickel neck chain.
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
WWII, memorial Tiki brooch, uniface, struck in silver (30x17mm), by Stoneham (A.Stoneham, Wellington), pin-back, reverse inscribed '255590/In Memory of/Stan'. Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $130
Kia Ora N.Z., WWII, struck uniface in silver (26mm), no maker, holed at top for suspension (M.K/1), reverse inscribed 'Pte H K Peita/68234/Maori Trg.Depot/2nd N.Z.E.F./Middle East Forces'. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $150
Kia-Ora, c1940, medallion struck uniface in brass (27mm) (M.K/1), reverse inscribed '27642/R.N.Z.A.F./J.H.Healey'. Nearly fine.
Estimate $150
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WWII, Special Pass, hardbound fold-out 'Complimentary Travel Ticket', to 'Officers and Men of H.M.S. "Achilles"/Auckland'. Very fine and very rare.
Estimate $400
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HMS Monowai, identity bracelet, in silver (50x23mm), no maker, ring hooks each end for chain attachment, inscribed on front 'H.R.Kirkman/P.O./T124/C2'. Fine.
Estimate $100
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Cairo-New Zealand, handcrafted in bronze (43x39mm) and enamel, no maker, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed '15.3.42/J.C.Sinclair/Four'; C.R.C. (presumed attribution - Cairo Rowing Club, struck in bronze gilt (40x38mm), no maker, open top suspension, reverse inscribed '2.N.Z.E.F./22.3.42/J.G.Sinclair (sic)/Eight'; another, prize medal in gilt (35mm), no maker, ring top suspension, uninscribed. Nearly extremely fine. (3)
Estimate $1,000
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British Forces in Egypt, WWII, uniface, struck in copper (41mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'N.Z./Maadi Camp/V/R.A.C. Base Depot/1941/1st Welter Wgt/Runner Up'. Extremely fine.
Estimate $350
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Memorabilia, relating to Air Commodore Theodore Jasper Maclean de Lange CBE DFC, including a presentation tray, in EPNS (40x30cm), inscribed 'Presented To/Fl.Lt.T.J. Maclean de Lange/on the occasion of his wedding/from/the Officers of No.2 Squadron/No.2 F.T.S. Woodbourne'; Battle for Britain Medal 1939-1945 - clasp - New Zealand (private issue c1990s, cased); Royal New Zealand Air Force, Officers' Mess, 1942-1992, medallion struck in bronze (50mm), inscribed on edge 'Air Cdre T.J.De Lange CBE DFC/1 of 99' (M&P.-) [illustrated]; pair of gold cufflinks (9ct), inscribed 'T.M. de L'; Burma Star Association badge; 52 Squadron RNZAF badge; RNZAF Assn badge; Airforce Association badge; Auckland Grammar School, pair of gilt cufflinks; 'II 4' badge; New Zealand Distinction badge; Manawatu Rugby badge and a CBE lady's coat badge. Fine - extremely fine. (15 items)
Estimate $400
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Balclutha Home Guard, fob medal, hand engraved in gold (9ct, 7.4g, 33x30mm), by A.L.Shephard, ring top suspension, reverse inscribed 'Balclutha Home Guard/Simpson Championship Belt/GDSM.S.Abernethy/12A/4/624/5-6-43'. Very fine.
Estimate $250
SOLD $220
Gisborne High School, struck in silver (44mm), no maker, reverse inscribed 'R.Vail/1947'; Royal Military College, uniface, struck in silver (45mm), reverse inscribed '1169, S/C, A.R.Vail/Military Subjects/1949/Combined'; another, as last, reverse inscribed 'No.1169/ L/Cpl./A.R.Vail/2nd Class Combined/Military Subjects/1950'; The Royal College of Defence Studies, Founded 1927, struck in gilt bronze (57mm). Extremely fine. (4)
Estimate $750
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Levin R.S.A. (Returned and Services' Association), Tournament, 1954, handcrafted badge in silver (28mm), no maker, pin-back suspension. Very fine.
Estimate $70
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Unofficial Operation Grapple Medal - 1957-1958, cast in copper, ring top ribbon and pin suspension, awarded for service in the atmospheric tests at Malden Island and Christmas Island (M&P.G/1). Very fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
NZ Justice Department, c1950s, uniface, possibly a trial, struck in copper (45x35mm), no maker, uninscribed. Extremely fine.
Estimate $100
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